... to describe who a person is, is to attach the negative stigma of an unacceptable behavior to the individual, thereby making the person unacceptable. This is also done as a means to sanction and prohibit the behavior. Who wants to be called a "homo" or "fag?" Being labeled a homosexual is society's way of determining what type of person you are and how you should ... than socially and culturally chosen" (Garber, p. 225). This statement brings up several ways of exerting control over deviant behavior (linked to a particular group of people): by making the behavior a punishable, criminal a...

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