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Page 214
... someone dresses in what you consider to be inappropriate clothing , or just gossip if a married person you know spends the night with someone other than his or her spouse . Whether you consider the breaking of a norm simply an amusing ...
... someone dresses in what you consider to be inappropriate clothing , or just gossip if a married person you know spends the night with someone other than his or her spouse . Whether you consider the breaking of a norm simply an amusing ...
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... someone a deviant , which can have pow- erful consequences for the person's life , especially if the label closes off conform- ing activities and opens deviant ones . The degradation ceremony , in which someone is publicly labeled " not ...
... someone a deviant , which can have pow- erful consequences for the person's life , especially if the label closes off conform- ing activities and opens deviant ones . The degradation ceremony , in which someone is publicly labeled " not ...
Page 385
... someone of 21 seems " old . " To someone who is 21 , 30 may mark the point at which one is no longer " young , " and 40 may seem very old . And so it keeps on going . " Old " gradually recedes further and further from the self . To peo ...
... someone of 21 seems " old . " To someone who is 21 , 30 may mark the point at which one is no longer " young , " and 40 may seem very old . And so it keeps on going . " Old " gradually recedes further and further from the self . To peo ...
Contents
The Sociological | 2 |
It Feeds My Soul 618 | 7 |
Origins of Sociology | 8 |
Copyright | |
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