My Deviance Ways

Deviance is defined as behavior that does not conform to basic cultural norms and expectations. What is ultimately defined as deviance depends on the social norms at the time.In life we do deviance things everyday but since we feel if were not committing crimes or doing anything illegal its okay. As I sit and think about all my deviance ways I find it funny that I really do things that someone else would consider disgusting or just not the social norm.

1) Growing Up i always picked my nose.Yes i know its disgusting but its just something I've done. Ill be driving I'll start pick my nose, I could be doing laundry I'll pick my nose I don't know I just always feel like there a booger or a itch Now that I'm 22 I don't do it as much as i did when i was in high school. My family and friends always get on me for it calling me dirty or nasty. One day I could remember i think this was the reason I started to have consideration and not just dig up my nose in public. I was on the train and I just was going to town in my nose and these two girls that was sitting across from me literally was looking at me rolled their eyes in disgust and got up and move. I felt so disgusted with myself not knowing that this is a trait that's in my family. My grandmother always tell me stories about how my grandfather would be in  the bar just digging in his nose. After that day with them girls it made me realize that what I'm doing wasn't wrong its just a time and place for everything.

2) Monday my little sister just gave birth to my beautiful niece. Me and my sister have a really close relationship that if you don't know us you would think its like incest but its not that at all. I'm saying this story because I don't know if its deviance but I believe it is because its against the norm. While my sister was giving birth she wanting me to be in the room. Every time the nurse or the doctor would come in the room  they would say to her well do you want your brother to leave while we check you and she would say No and they would be like I don't know no brother that would want to see this The doctor went as far as to say we was making her uncomfortable . Another thing that happen she was telling her baby-fathers mother that I was in the room when she gave birth and she started being funny saying "Ew' you saw your sister private part" but saying it in a mock kinda way.

3)This weekend I travel to Virginia and on the way down there the Chinese bus I was on kept pulling over because some black people in the back deciding they couldn't wait to get off the bus they needed to smoke they weed right on the bus. I just found that to be very disrespectful they didn't care about nobody on that bus but themselves. The bus driver had to threaten to call the police and they made us get their a hour later then we was suppose. A lot of people was upset but not one person said anything to them.

4) Just recently I just told my grandmother I didn't want to have kids of my own. She told me I was being selfish and going against OUR family rules (what ever that is) and If i don't get my life back on track I'm going to hell...I'll let you guys sit and think of why she said that

5) I have a potty mouth. I know its something I truly have to work on but I use profanity a lot. Not something I'm proud of. In a way I feel it because of where I was raise


After reading the article "Positive Functions of the Underserving Poor: Uses of the Underclass in America by Herbert J. Gans really open my eyes to the world we live in and the importance the poor people have. I didn't know poverty had so many different effect on our lives. He speaks about how the displacement function is how the poor are being blamed for social problems that they did not actually cause. Those who are part of the lower class actually contribute to our society just as much as the working and the upper class do.This idea for sure may impact many people, because a really large number of our population believe that the poor people are just receiving services that cost a lot of money without deserving them, which is obviously not true. The unfortunates are blame for most of the crimes and unacceptable behaviors that occurred in our society just because of the stereotypes they supposedly into. Even for those label the poor people, they used them as a motivation for not being like them but also its one of the ways in which they protect themselves from being point out as well. Everyone in our society have an essential role.