Deviance

In every society including our own, being a Deviant individual is not something most people would want to be. But what exactly is Deviance? Deviance is when an individual/s break a social rule, or refuse to follow them.  But if you ask me being labeled Deviant varies in alot of ways. The reason it varies is because while reading ch.6 I found it interesting that sometimes an individual can be considered Deviant without doing anything, saying anything or believing in anything bad. So that has alot to say about how our society is very judgmental one and how one thing that one person might consider Deviant another may not. Another thing I found interesting was sometimes a person's master status can be all the things necessary to label an individual Deviant, not "normal' in other words. Many times people do Deviant acts without even noticing it like myself for example, when I drive in an open space on a highway I tend to drive very fast and exceed the speed limit. Or another example can be how people might view me and think of me because I wear earrings and have tattoos, but like I said earlier it varies with people on what they think is Deviant and not.Basically people's opinions on Deviance adapt over time as societies change.