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Social Behaviour and Inequalities
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Social Behaviour and Inequalities
Deviance
When it comes to sociology, it tends to describe deviance as behavior and action that violates social norms. Such norms include informal violations of social norms along with enacted rule such as crime. Regardless of having a negative connotation by deviance, it has been observed that violation of social norms does not each time tends to result from a negative action. One thing that must be taken into consideration is that behavior can be classified either as acceptable or positive, but norms can be violated each time (Lareau, 2015). The matter of fact is that social norms are not the same in each case as they may differ from culture to culture. The perfect example in such a scenario would be of a deviant act that can be committed in society. However, in some particular scenarios, such deviant act may be normal for another society.
Social Norms and Deviant Behaviour
There is no doubt that when it comes to the social order, it is considered to be fundamental for each society. The matter of fact is that social order is customary and typical social arrangements of the group which allows a society member to base his/her actions on. It has been observed a reciprocal expectation between the individuals that are in the same group about such norms. Norms play an important role in society, and each deviance from such norms is considered to be a threat to the current social structure and order. There is no doubt that crimes tend to violate norms.
Social Inequity and Deviance
Social inequities are simply the disparities in wealth and power. In most of the cases, social inequities are seen to be accompanied by a number of factors such as low wages, poverty, and discrimination (Lareau, 2015). The reason why social inequality is seen in the society is that, in a number of scenarios, resources are distributed unevenly typically by certain norms. Such type of inequality leads to discrimination which in most of the cases is due to the wrong use of power by the authority. In a nutshell, it can be said that social inequality leads to deviance. The reason for that lies in the fact that both of them tend to violate certain norms that must be insured in any particular society, workplace, or institute.
Causes of Social Inequality
The matter of fact is that everything happens due to some specific reason so as social inequality. There is no doubt that poverty tends to impact a million of people. It must be considered that such people that are affected by poverty are not only just in underdeveloped countries, but in the most developed countries like the U.S. poverty rate is high as well. When it comes to poor, it can be said that they themselves are responsible for poverty (Amato et al., 2016). However, it must be taken into consideration that the main factor that paves the way to social inequality is the lack of employment. Apart from this, there are not proper rules made to prevent such actions. Moreover, the lack of skills and motivation are also one of the main factors behind social inequality.
References
Amato, P. R., Booth, A., McHale, S. M., & Van Hook, J. (2016). Families in an era of increasing inequality. Springer International Pu.
Lareau, A. (2015). Cultural knowledge and social inequality. American Sociological Review, 80(1), 1-27.+
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