Norms In Penelope Woman

The three specific rules or norms that were present in the clip from Penelope that guided the nonverbal communication were facial messages, proximity, and eye contact.
Facial messages where shown throughout the movie. The shock and terror that is shown on other people’s face when seeing Penelope for the first time speaks volumes about their feelings. The norm in our culture as to what is considered pretty or acceptable looking differs from the look of Penelope’s face as she has a snout instead of a nose.

Proximity is shown throughout the clip of Penelope. When people see her for the first time they want to move far away from her. The people react as being scared and are intent are creating distance between themselves and Penelope.