Briefly describe a personal experience of deviance. If you are uncomfortable sharing a personal experience, provide a link to a media representation (like a song, advertisement, or poem) and describe how it provides an example of deviance. Be sure to include the social context in which the deviance occurred. Then explain the behavior using one theory of deviance from our text. Be sure to let your reader know which theory you are using:
Functional theories, including:
Durkheim and functions of deviance
Social disorganization theory (social ecology)
Strain theory
Deviant subculture/cultural deviance theory
Conflict/Feminist theory
Symbolic Interactionism, including
Differential Association Theory
Labeling Theory
My personal experience is being a psychiatric provider, and working in an outpatient facility where I am the first African American to be employed at the company. I am always undermined in discussions, respect and pay. I work full-time hours and my pay is never correct, it’s almost as if she’s stealing from me and whenever I say something about it I’m the mean angry aggressive black woman. I don’t like it. I don’t like not being paid what I should be paid. I can’t move ahead, and/or progress in my personal life. I don’t like to repeatedly change jobs but that has been my story for the longest. Repeatedly having to deal with various things on my peers nor myself don’t even understand. It has become overbearing and stressful.
Briefly describe a personal experience of deviance. If you are uncomfortable sha
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