Sylvester And Deviance Essay

Sylvester has a reputation of being deviant. He is sneaky and deceptive as a character. Sylvester’s behaviors are “normal” as he is a cat and their prey can be birds. The relativist perspective is about how social groups create the rules and they as a group decided what isn’t part of the rules. So when an individual steps outside what the group sees as their normal the behavior is considered deviant (Adler & Adler,
2016). Society has made Sylvester out to be deviant because cultural norms see that he continually repeats an “unacceptable” behavior. This situation of deviance is one where the normal behavior isn’t considered but the consequences are in place because the situation expects certain behaviors which Sylvester isn’t willing to conform to therefore he continues to try to accomplish his goal. Many people in society have been deeming deviant but they truly just don’t fit with in social norms or folkways. These
There are many examples of situations that fit the relativist theory for things as simple as not opening doors for a female or elderly, to actions of politicians that are viewed as criminal.
Quinney is another perspective, the social power perspective. Quinney states that society’s classes dictate the rules and that this process keeps things in check as these rules they dictate what is normal and acceptable (Adler & Adler, 2016). Quinneys’ perspective reflects that the differences in classes such as dominate decide what is deviant, and subordinate class aren’t as defined by the same definition of deviance. I feel this also summarizes similar with my chosen cartoon as Sylvester’s behavior is seen by a dominate class as deviant, yet the subordinate class could say this is relative to the true makeup of the species. We see these conflicts within cultures and the definition of deviance varies by cultures as well as classes (Adler & Adler,