Introduction to Sociology Sociology 101

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Soc 101 Dr. Townsand Price-SpratlenWednesday,
February 15th - Today in Brief

• Review Points
• A walk away recall from the panel discussion
• What was the sexual revolution?
• For Today
• Sexuality current young adult behavior
• Sexual controversies
• Deviance and Crime
• MON Ch. 7, 8 Crime and Stratification

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Our Second Half, in Brief

• Ch. 6 Sexuality and Society
• Ch. 7 Deviance and Crime
• Ch. 8, 12 Stratification, Econ., Politics
• Ch. 9 Global Stratification
• Ch. 10, 11 Race, Ethnicity and Gender
• Ch. 13, 15 Family, Religion, Pop/Urbaniz.
• Close Soc. Imagination, Review, Eval.

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Sexual practices of contemporary American teens I
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Sexual practices of contemporary American teens II
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Sexual Controversies, Part 1
Sexual Violence, Date Rape Facts (Mary Koss et
al. 1994)

• 50 of college men, some form of sexual
  aggression on a date
• 30 of college women, report rape or attempted
  rape
• 1 in 100 acquaintance rapes reported to police
• knowing and alcohol reduce reporting, conviction
• Cause socialization of male entitlement
• Cause 2 socialization of male domination
  (re M. Mead)

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Sexual Controversies, Part 2

• Prostitution
• Definition the selling of sexual services
• Global distribution highest in poor countries
  (Map 6-2, p. 149)
• Motive? Highest in countries with heavy
  patriarchy and restrictive cultural norms
  limiting womens ability to earn a living
• Different types all equally victimless crime?

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What is Deviance? What is Crime?
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Deviance any behavior that is recognized as a
violation of a social norm Crime violation
of society's formally enacted laws

• Edwin Lemert (1951)
• Primary deviant
• committed a deviant act but not defined as
  deviant
• Secondary deviant
• committed a deviant act and defined as deviant
  by others and by self

• Deviance is relative
• No act is inherently deviant only when defined
  as such
• Definition of deviance varies
• Over time By place
• By social group By culture

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Paradox The Positive Functions of Deviance

• 1 Boundary Maintenance
• Defines the acceptable limits range of
  behaviors
• 2 Reaffirm Importance of Norms Values
• Punishing deviants demonstrates that norms
  values they violated are still important
• 3 Strengthens Solidarity
• Defining deviants as out-group makes in-group
  cohesive
• 4 Encourages Innovation
• Deviants can be creative innovators, agents of
  change