Discussion: Deviant behavior and social movements

Discussion: Deviant behavior and social movements

View the videos Animal Rights Extremists: Terrorism or Protest? (Links to an external site.) and Bullycide and Self-Harm (Links to an external site.) respond to questions listed below. You will choose TWO of the four.

Choose TWO questions to respond to.

Discuss the relationship between deviant behavior and social movements, such as social movements that use violence.

Explain the concept of social stigma and the role of the human body in influencing how different individuals and groups are stigmatized.

Distinguish and evaluate the different ways that social movements and groups interpret or “frame” deviant acts?

Determine and discuss 1 strength and 1 weakness of the main sociological ideas and claims about deviance in this unit.

The initial post and the peer responses are worth a maximum of 8 points each. The initial post and the peer responses to the discussion questions must:

include parenthetical citations from the text

be at least one paragraph in length (four sentences or better).

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