Deviance

This week in sociology, we learned about deviance. Deviance is doing something that other people wouldn't look at as a "norm." There is positive deviance and there is negative deviance. This week, I participated in positive deviance. My grandma came into town and instead of my dad having to go out of his way to pick her up from the airport, I offered to do it so it was easier on him. Normally I wouldn't do something like that, but it made me feel good to do something nice for my dad which also surprised him. It was also nice to spend time with my grandma. Overall, being deviant doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing and I suggest that most people try it once in a while.

Barbie

This week in sociology, we talked about the "Barbie" image. We were shown how the actual proportions of barbie would look if she was human. It was very interesting and surprising to see how abnormal the Barbie image would be. Growing up, I always admired barbie and would always say I want to look like barbie. Most girls would say the same thing. Why do we admire barbie so much though? Because it was drilled into our heads that being insanely skinny with a big chest is what was pretty. It is sad to see how many people are affected by that and how the media makes it worse.

Female body image

This week in sociology, we watched a video about how the media portrays women. It was crazy to see how far people will go to put together the perfect body image. The women we see in the media aren't even real because of how much editing is done to the actual image. This relates to sociology because it shows how a person can be so easily affected by media and how it can alter the way they think about society and themselves.

Agents of Socialization

After reading the article on all the agents of socialization, it made me realize that some things around me really do impact how I live my life without me even noticing. For example, Family is an agent of socialization. No matter how much I want to go against it, I will act more and more like my mom and it's inevitable. Family influences my behavior, attitude, and emotions, and that is why it is an agent of socialization. This relates to sociology because it shows how easily our everyday life is affected by things and we don't even realize it.

Post 9

After reading the article about time and culture, it made me aware of how different the culture is out side America. A brazilian wouldn't consider someone late until after 33 minutes. In America, that is very late and ridiculous to us. This relates to sociology, because it relates to how we have talked about culture shock and the differences around the world. Some things may be okay to do or say in America that isn't okay somewhere else. I'm so used to the way American's do things that it would be very weird for me to travel to a different country. For example, I went to Mexico and it was very interesting to see how different they do things there compared to America.