Describe the process of social typing. Pull examples from Beckerâs âOutsidersâ, Heckert and Bestâs âRedheads as Deviant Types,â and Cahill and Egglestonâs âWheelchair Users.â
Describe the process of social typing. Pull examples from Beckerâs âOutsidersâ, Heckert and Bestâs âRedheads as Deviant Types,â and Cahill and Egglestonâs âWheelchair Users.â
2. Discuss the cultural context of deviant behavior, particularly paying attention to the cultural expectations for people due to their sex, age, and social class background. Pull examples Mercerâs âLabeling the Mentally Retarded,â Weinberg and Williamsâ âFecal Matters,â and Dellinger and Williamsâ âThe Labeling of Sexual Harassment.â
3. Discuss the accommodation to deviance that members in society make for the deviant behavior of members in their life or group. Use the following readings as examples to illustrate how people accommodate the deviant: Ferraro and Johnsonâs âHow Women Experience Battering,â Lynchâs âAccommodation to Madness,â and Kenneyâs âWhen Accommodation Breaks Down.â
4. Discuss the role of third parties in the typing of the person by some outsider, outside agency, or some third party. Use Rubingtonâs âThe Enforcement of College Alcohol Policy,â Lemertâs âParanoia and the Dynamics of Exclusion,â and Goffmanâs âThe Moral Career of the Mental Patientâ for your examples.