Deviance as a relative concept: time, place, gender, culture, age and power

What this note covers

1. Deviance is a judgement, not a property of the act
2. Deviance across time: shifting norms in the same society
3. Deviance across place and culture
4. Deviance across gender and age
5. Power and who gets to define deviance
6. Worked example: the same act, four verdicts
7. How relativity of deviance is examined and what separates a top response

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