Deviance

This week in class, we focused on the topic of deviance. Deviance is actions or behaviors that violate cultural norms. How other people perceive our actions, and how we perceive others. I think a lot of deviance comes from where and how you're raised. For example, in class we took a survey with a list of 17 different questions, such as "walking with groceries on your head" or "a man wearing a dress" and we had to check next to it if we thought that was unacceptable. I had checked off less than four as unacceptable, because I felt that most of the things on the list were okay for people to do. I was really shocked that some people checked off more than 10 as unacceptable. There was a lot on that list. If nothing on that list is okay to do, then what is? I think I don't judge people as harshly as others because I've been judged before, like by being Jewish. I think everyones judges, but everyone is also deviant. I don't understand how we can be both, but majority of people are.