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"Tertiary" Deviance Represents a Step Beyond "Secondary" Deviance

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"Tertiary" deviance represents a step beyond "secondary" deviance. To the sociologist of deviance, tertiary deviance is:


A) internalizing the stigma of deviance, that is, accepting that one is inferior.
B) avoiding all contact with non-deviants.
C) wishing to shed or get rid of the behavior, beliefs, or characteristics that led to being designated as deviant and becoming "normal."
D) banding together with other stigmatized persons and fighting against the prejudice directed at one's category or group.
E) none of the above

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