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    it this “normal” way since humans could walk. Baby’s first learning to walk don’t walk backwards do they? No‚ they are biologically programmed to move forward. I wanted the breaking of my norm to be obvious. What better way than to walk backwards and go “against the crowd”. I began the breaking of my social norm at my locker. I decided to walk from my locker to my science class backwards and I had my friend (Rory) watch people’s reactions since I was no longer facing forward. I walked down two long

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    People have their own beliefs and philosophies on what they consider valuable. Every person develops expectations‚ of what they consider proper. Sociologists call such expectations‚ norms‚ rules of behavior that develop out of group’s values (Henslin‚ 2002‚ P. 45). The norm I chose to break‚ was the norm of eating certain foods with utensils. On one Saturday evening‚ I went to a restaurant called Olive Garden. I was dressed properly‚ and looked well suited for the restaurant standards. I ordered

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    Gender Norms 4230 SOCI111 Gender Norms and Kids In recent new titled‚ “Kids Who Veer from Gender Norms Are at Higher Risk for Abuse”‚ the reporter Madison Park has unveiled the story of Mich and her parents. The news which has been published on the CNN site reveals the story of Mich‚ who was bullied and harassed by friends and family for wanting to look like a male instead of a female. This news story is the example of how someone wanting to be the opposite gender can be disturbing

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    American Norms vs. Japan Norms In sociology‚ when we discuss culture (which is the totality of learned socially transmitted customs‚ knowledge‚ material objects‚ and behavior (Schaefer 2010:50))‚ we discuss how culture includes such things as; language‚ beliefs‚ values and norms. When sociologists studied culture they mainly looked upon the norms of society. Norms are "the agreed-upon expectations and rules by which a culture guides the members in any given situation"(Cultural Norms). There are

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    11 March 2013 Elevator Norm Violation I recently performed an experiment on a norm violation which had to do with elevators‚ and proper behavior while inside of them. The over all plan of this experiment was to stand facing the corner of the elevator so that no one could see my face as I went up or down. People today usually stand facing the door while riding in an elevator‚ so it was interesting to see peoples reactions as I violated this everyday norm. My hypothesis was that I would not get

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    Deviance according to the textbook is a violation of contextual‚ cultural‚ and social norms I usually look don’t approve or partake in deviant acts‚ but this week I did do something that technically would count as a deviant act. Last Sunday was my friend’s birthday‚ and we decided to have lunch at a buffet with other friends. All of my friends who came gave her a gift‚ but I did not. I usually bring gifts or offerings to people if they have a birthday party or some other special occasion‚ but

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    Breaking a Norm Norms are behaviors that are accepted by society. They are actions that do not stand out‚ and they help shape how a society functions. For example‚ there is a norm that students walk into a classroom and they sit down in a desk‚ and they expect the teacher to stand at the front of the classroom. Without this norm‚ the student would walk into a classroom not knowing if they should sit in the desk‚ or stand at the front of the classroom. One of type of norm are folkways‚ which are

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    Breaking the Norms When each of us was conceived‚ we did not have anything influencing our perception of the world. While we were growing up and still do this day‚ our surroundings influenced the way we think and the how we behave in our daily lives. We get ideas about gender roles from our parents‚ our teachers‚ television‚ books and even subconsciously. As part of a project to break the norms of society and push past peoples thresholds‚ I needed to figure out what made people feel uncomfortable

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    Throughout history‚ there have been social norms that the inhabitants of that society have been required to follow. If they choose to stray from the expectation‚ they risk criminalization‚ outcasting‚ and‚ in some cases‚ death. Attempting to silence a particular demographic has been a practice used for ages to remove the unwanted or taboo ideas from a community. That taboo many be race‚ gender‚ belief‚ or any other form of identification. Whatever it may be‚ the powers of that community deem a group

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    Sociology March 12‚ 2001 "Breaking the Norms" It is 9:00 PM on a Sunday night. Televisions all across America tune into MTV. Millions of viewers will now spend the next thirty minutes watching a television program titled "Jackass". While watching this program‚ the viewers will observe everything from people eating hard boiled eggs in an attempt to purposely vomit‚ to a man testing out various self defense devices on himself. Next week viewers will tune into the same program to see the same

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