Social Deviance

Deviance is defined as the recognized violation of cultural norms but more simply defined as any rule breaking behavior. This extremely broad definition does not do deviance justice. Generally, putting a negative stronghold on society would be considered deviant but this is not necessarily true. Non-criminal deviance, any different lifestyle than the social norms such as: your style of dress, sexual preference, religious beliefs, marital status or any other conduct that is not according to the social norm could make any ordinary citizen a deviant in the eyes of society. It is all essentially the decision of any group of whether or not your behavior follows their norms or defies them.
The decision to live your life can be a breach to society’s norms of acceptable behavior. Even choosing to disagree with a new law that is been implemented would be considered deviant. Smoking was onc...