Norm Violation In Society

We constantly here “Be your own person” , “March to the beat of your own drum”, and “Be a leader and not a follower” but society as a whole is constantly judge the people around us and we automatically pick out the what we perceive as not normal. This constant judging influences our behavior since we are lead to behave in certain ways based on the situations just to fit the norms.These norms that are not strictly enforced are referred to as folkways. sees it as the “Right thing to do simply because the gesture of standing shows that we respect the people fighting for our nation and love the country were as sitting shows we don 't really care. An example of folkways would be standing during the national anthem, although it is not illegal …show more content…
i see her almost every time I walk up the stairs in the LA building to head to Sociology. She is a shorter women (5’4 perhaps) around her late twenties. She wears basic attire and usually keeps to herself but she aos roams the halls with clip on cat ears and a cat collar that is equipped with a loud ring bell that both attracts eye and lets you know when she is near. Her attire is considered a norm violation because as we grow older we are expect to dress more professionally were as she was dressed almost childlike although she was a grown women in college. As for the reactions of other like i said the bell collar attracted MANY stares. everywhere she walked she had eye following her if anything almost everyone stop for a double take. One thing that stood out in particular was n=the fact that no one laugh at her in her face or made any comments to her. Everyone would wait until she was out the building or a good ways away before snickering or joke of her with their friends. That when I realized they didn 't laugh at her when she was a around because it’s a social norm to not outwardly mock someone since it 's considered …show more content…
About a week ago my Rhetoric and Argumentation class was having in class debated where individual students walk to the front of the class one at a time to fight for their claim. One particular student walked up from the back of the class to give his view. As he walked towards the front more and more students realized this classmate had toilet paper tucked into his waist belt hanging down his rear. before he had the chance to turn around to face the class I quickly glanced around the classroom and saw almost all the class laughing to themselves and some even tapping their friends next to them and pointing it out. Like with the kitten student, as soon as he turned around everyone stopped laughing and gave no indication that something was wrong. As soon as he return back to his seat the student next to him quietly informed him of his situation and turn a shade of red and quickly removed the evidence. Him having toilet paper visibly on his rear was considered a norm violation because it was associated with him going to the restroom. Using the bathroom has been taught to be private although we all know every person goes the the bathroom society know as a whole we do not speak of it with