I believe that being deviant is being different. And I also believe that the purpose of deviance is to establish norms. But

There are many Theories of deviance:

o Structural Strain (Anomie)- This theory believes that everyone is normal but yourself. It is the theory where the society around provides little moral guidance to an individual.

o Cultural Transmission- The theory believes that the process by which one-generation passes culture to the next.

o Labeling- This theory says that people label other people as deviances. It is the most comprehensive, and doesn’t have to lay off. There is a problem to the theory; it devalues the norms of society so it makes no norms.

o Control- This theory is the opposite of the Anomie Theory. People are naturally deviate from the norms. There are barriers that keep us in the norms and the deviances out.

The theory I mostly agree with is the Cultu

And when they do get jobs they can’t save up money because then how are they going to afford to live. So that is something that would really keep them down in the lower class.

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