A) is regarded everywhere and during all historical time periods as a form of deviance. B) is never or anywhere considered a form of deviance. C) is regarded as a form of deviance under certain circumstances, in some societies, and during some time periods. D) It cannot be known whether or not tattooing is or is not a form of deviance. E) none of the above A) is regarded everywhere and during all historical time periods as a form of deviance. B) is never or anywhere considered a form of deviance. C) is regarded as a form of deviance under certain circumstances, in some societies, and during some time periods. D) It cannot be known whether or not tattooing is or is not a form of deviance. E) none of the above

Exam 11: Deviant Physical Characteristics

Obesity is not a form of physical deviance because it is a consequence of overeating, a type of self-indulgent, immoral behavior. Hence, it is exclusively a "blemish of individual character" rather than an "abomination of the body."

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Tattooing:

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Question 42

According to Erving Goffman, author of Stigma, it is unfair of sociologists to refer to the possession of involuntarily-acquired, undesirable physical characteristics as deviant.

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Question 43

Are all physical characteristics involuntarily acquired? If so, explain. If not, which ones are not and what ways are they voluntary? Does it make a difference with respect to the reactions their possessors generate from "normals"?

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Question 44

Explain the similarities and differences between behavioral deviance and the possession of involuntarily acquired, undesirable physical characteristics. Do these generalizations apply to all societies at all times?

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Question 45

Many undesirable physical characteristics are unearned.

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Question 46

In the United States, tattooing is considered deviant in that it links the people who wear a tattoo to disreputable segments of the population.

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Question 47

Of the types of stigma discussed by Erving Goffman, which of the following is least likely to be discussed by sociologists as a form of deviance:

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Question 48

Do you find Leslie Fiedler's psychoanalytic explanation of why the members of the society are distressed yet fascinated by "freaks"? What might be an alternate and more powerful theory?

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Question 49

Which of the following did Goffman explicitly and specifically exclude from the category of "blemishes of individual character"?

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Question 50

Ned Polsky argued that person who are stigmatized for a condition that is "not the person's fault":

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Obesity is not a form of physical deviance because it is a consequence of overeating, a type of self-indulgent, immoral behavior. Hence, it is exclusively a "blemish of individual character" rather than an "abomination of the body."

Tattooing:

According to Erving Goffman, author of Stigma, it is unfair of sociologists to refer to the possession of involuntarily-acquired, undesirable physical characteristics as deviant.

Are all physical characteristics involuntarily acquired? If so, explain. If not, which ones are not and what ways are they voluntary? Does it make a difference with respect to the reactions their possessors generate from "normals"?

Explain the similarities and differences between behavioral deviance and the possession of involuntarily acquired, undesirable physical characteristics. Do these generalizations apply to all societies at all times?

Many undesirable physical characteristics are unearned.

In the United States, tattooing is considered deviant in that it links the people who wear a tattoo to disreputable segments of the population.

Of the types of stigma discussed by Erving Goffman, which of the following is least likely to be discussed by sociologists as a form of deviance:

Do you find Leslie Fiedler's psychoanalytic explanation of why the members of the society are distressed yet fascinated by "freaks"? What might be an alternate and more powerful theory?

Which of the following did Goffman explicitly and specifically exclude from the category of "blemishes of individual character"?

Ned Polsky argued that person who are stigmatized for a condition that is "not the person's fault":

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