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WHAT IS CONFORMITY?
• BEHAVIOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOCIALLY ACCEPTED CONVENTIONS OR
STANDARDS.
• THE ANTICIPATED BEHAVIOR TO FOLLOW.
• IS THE DESIRE TO GO ALONG WITH THE NORMS OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE, SO
YOU WILL BE ACCEPTED IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE, SO YOU WILL BE ACCEPTED
AS AN IN-GROUP PERSON (AND NOT REJECTED AS AN OUT-GROUP
UNDESIRABLE PERSON.
CONFORMITY OR DEVIANCE?
CONFORMITY OR DEVIANCE?
CONFORMITY OR DEVIANCE?
WHAT IS DEVIANCE?
• CENTERS ON OCCURRENCES THAT VIOLATE MORES.
• MORES - ARE ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF NORMS THAT ARE OFTEN TAKEN
VERY SERIOUSLY BY SOCIETY AND SOMETIMES CODIFIED AS LAWS.
• STRONG NORMS THAT ARE REGARDED AS MORALLY SIGNIFICANT AND VIOLATIONS
OF THEM ARE CONSIDERED A SERIOUS MATTER.
• ORIGINATED FROM A ROMAN TERM THAT MEANS “ THE MOST RESPECTED AND
SACRED CUSTOM.
EXAMPLE OF MORES

•AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS WALKING DOWN THE STREET WEARING

NOTHING.
•THE MOST POPULAR FORM OF DEVIANCE IS THE COMMITMENT OF
CRIME.
•CRIMINAL DEVIANCE ITSELF IS VARIED RANGING FROM MINOR
VIOLATION OF TRAFFIC RULES TO SERIOUS OFFENSES LIKE
MURDER AND RAPE.
SOCIOLOGIST VIEW DEVIANCE AS ROOTED IN SOCIETY.

•1. IT EXISTS ONLY IN RELATION TO CULTURAL NORMS.

• ANY THOUGHT OR ACTION CANNOT BE CONSIDERED DEVIANT UNLESS IT
IS CORRELATED TO A PARTICULAR NORM.
• E.G. PHYSICAL VIOLENCE TO AVENGE
•2. PEOPLE BECOME DEVIANT AS OTHERS DEFINE THEM THAT WAY.
•E.G. A BOY WEARING DRESS IN FRONT OF HIS FANS
•3. BOTH NORMS AND THE WAY EVENTS ARE DEFINED ARE RELATED
TO PATTERNS OF SOCIAL.
•E.G. THEFF IN A SOAP FACTORY
MECHANISMS OF SOCIAL CONTROL

•LABELING THEORY
•STATES HOW MEMBERS OF SOCIETY LABEL OTHERS, WHETHER
THEY ARE DEVIANT OR NOT.
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•GOSSIP
• OFTEN PRACTICE IN SMALL-SCALE COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE
KNOW EACH OTHER PERSONALLY.
• GET-ALONG WITH EACH OTHER
• BY GOSSIPING OR TALKING BEHIND SOMEONE BACK AND SPREADING
RUMORS, THEY PUT THE PERSON TO SHAME.
•3. LAWS
• ARE FORMAL CODES OF CONDUCT THAT ARE MET WITH NEGATIVE
SANCTIONS.
• MEANT TO GUIDE THE DAILY LIVES OF MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY
PROVIDING CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF RELATIONSHIPS AMONG
INDIVIDUALS.
HUMAN DIGNITY, RIGHTS, AND THE COMMON GOOD

•UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR) OF 1948

• STATES IN ITS PREAMBLE THAT “ THE INHERENT DIGNITY” OF ALL
MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY IS THE FOUNDATION OF FREEDOM,
JUSTICE, AND PEACE IN THE WORLD.
•DIGNITY IS A UNIVERSAL QUALITY OF PEOPLE, REGARGLESS OF
THEIR AGE, RACE, OR SKIN, COLOR, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE
HUMAN BEINGS.
•“ ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE “ FREE AND EQUAL IN DIGNITY AND
RIGHTS”
•THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (CHR) OF THE PHILIPPINES
WAS CREATED IN 1987 THROUGH EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 163.
•SECTION 11 OF ARTICLE II OF 1987 CONSTITUTION
•NOTES THAT THE STATES VALUES THE DIGNITY OF
INDIVIDUALS AND GUARANTEES THAT HUMAN RIGHTS
WILL BE UPHELD.
•SECTION 12 OF ARTICLE III OF THE CONSTITUTION
• PROHIBITS THE USE OF TORTURE, FORCE, VIOLENCE, THREAT,
INTIMIDATION, OR ANY OTHER MEANS WHICH VITIATE THE FREE WILL
AND MANDATES THE COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION OF VICTIMS
.
LAWS THAT ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS
• EXPANDED ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ACT OF 2012 OR REPUBLIC ACT
NO. 10364- ELIMINATE THE TRAFFICKING OF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
• HUMAN RIGHTS VICTIMS REPARATION AND RECOGNITION ACT OF 2013 OR
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10368- PROVIDES FOR THE REPARATION AND
RECOGNITION OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
STRAIN THEORY
•ONE OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN EXPLANATIONS ABOUT DEVIANT
BEHAVIOR.
•THIS THEORY STATES THAT DEVIANT BEHAVIOR ACCURS WHEN
PEOPLE EXPERIENCE STRAIN OR TENSION WHEN CULTURE
IMPOSES GOALS THAT INDIVIDUALS SHOULD ACHIEVE.
•E.G : MANY POOR PEOPLE GENERALLY ACCEPT THEIR FATE
ALTHOUGH MANY PEOPLE STILL HOPEFUL THAT SENDING THEIR
TO SCHOOL CAN CHANGE THEIR FATE.
•E.G: SOME POOR PEOPLE RESORT TO ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
•THIS TYPE IS CALLED SURVIVING POOR.
•E.G: SOME POOR PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY ACCEPTED AND CONTENT
THAT THEY ARE POOR.
•THIS TYPE IS CALLED THE PASSIVE POOR.
•E.G: SOME POOR PEOPLE NO LONGER HAVE THE DESIRE TO
IMPROVE THEIR LOT.
•THEY COMMIT ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
• E.G: SOME POOR PEOPLE RESISTS THE PREVAILING NOTION OF POVERTY.
• THEY USE THEIR RESOURCEFULNESS, INGENUITY, AND INNOVATION TO
IMPROVE THEIR LIVES.
• THEY ALSO FOLLOW DECENT AND LEGAL MEANS.
• THIS TYPE IS CALLED THE RESISTING POOR.