Deviance and Sexuality Part B Flashcards
(40 cards)
what theory is associated with objectivists?
structural functionalist
what theories are associated with subjectivists?
symbolic interactionism
critical theory
power-reflexive
what is the issue with sexual deviance today?
methodology and ethics
who was involved in social construction of social problems?
Stuart Isaacs
in what context do we have to look at social problems?
politically and socially
- look at bigger picture
social problems often ______
social structural problems
what are some of reason for social problems appearing and disappearing?
- govt policy: anti-prostitution laws
- newsworthy events: little sisters bookstore, pornography and how easy it is for children to access
- noticeable social change: urbanization, industrialization
- scale of issue: how many impacted, life/death
- voices: prominent people (mother teresa)
- advancements in sci/research: birth control
what is the social construction of prostitution?
Deviance Dance
morality > public health > victimization > worker rights
who were viewed as deviant from the symbolic interactionism pov?
the flapper
what is a Flapper?
young, urban women in 1920s who were independent
- revealing/tight clothing, makeup, short hair
- later hours, dancced, drank, smoked, sex
- shopped for pleasure
what happened with industrialization increased?
- women became educated and were allowed to vote allowing them to gain some control and freedom
who created the movie “The Flapper”?
- Jane Nichols
what was The Flapper about?
- starred Olive Thomas who died few months after release of movie from accidental overdose
how did the media contribute to the panic about flappers?
moral panic created through exaggerated and sensationalized concern over flappers
- the discussion about Thomas death was critical point against flappers
what are some other cases of moral panic?
Immigrants coming to Canada before WW1
- immigrants were threatening the image that Canadians were strong and hardworking
- 30-50% of men failed war screening which blew their image
- men went to war and came back with disabilities (healthy came back unhealthy)
- Spanish flu took thousands of people out
- Soldiers came back with STIs
what did society project onto flappers/women’s bodies?
social anxieties which were the downfall of nation/Canadian race
what kinds of social anxieties were projected?
- immigration
- urbanization
- morality
- drug
- women’s emancipation (do we want women to have power and be able to vote
how are flappers social typed?
- description: flapper
- eval: (marilyn munroe) dumb Dora, floozy, phony
- prescription: purchasing power: women and rise of canadian consumer culture. Catholic church: women who showed bare skin were living in sin. League against Indecency in Dress: demanded stores stop selling dresses as it invited sexual assault
critical theorists’ pov
subjectivist
- deviance = people, behavior, or characteristics that people in power say are in need of control
- deviance is the result of violation of dominant moral codes
- moral codes determined by the powerful
what are critical researchers interested in?
studying deviant/normal sexuality focus on manner in which elite discourses given sexuality
- governance and regulation of sexual behavior
who has the power of establishing norms?
- religious groups: christians (against same-sex)
- dr: homosexuality =disease
- educators: gay/les studies introduced. resistance to teaching and gender expression
- state: sodomy laws
who criticized Kathleen Wynne and why?
- McNaughton
- social conservatism
- she was an open lesbian woman
what did each grade teach?
5: expression
6: masturbation
7: sexting
8: same-sex relations
structural marxism
- social rules protect capitalism
- concerns over individual bodies not serving the social body
- concerned with flappers because they were a threat (declining the quality of Canadian race)
