Deviance and Society in Ontario Canada

Deviance and Society in Ontario Canada
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Deviance and Society in Ontario Canada
Deviance is a condition or state in human beings that is marked different from the norm. Norms are expectations and rules guiding the members of a community. Deviance gears at failing at conforming to the social norms. Research indicates that social norms are different in different cultures (Goode, 2004). There are no standards in the deviance among communities along what may be considered normal in one community is deviance in another community. Sociologists argue that deviance is human traits display exceeding the community tolerance limit. It has been noted that deviance can be a reactive construction. Theories identified with deviance are; structural functionalism theory, Merton’s strain theory, Neutralization theory, labeling theory, control theory and conflict theory (Macionis, 2011). This paper heavily focuses on Neutralization theory in the Little Miss Perfect video.
Little miss perfect is a series in reality television based in the United States of America. We Television indicate that the show considers girls aged five years to ten years on weekly basis in the beauty pageant. Michael Galanes is the host while the judges identifies with the Nyahsha Zimucha, Deedy Melanson, Janet McCullogh and David Gilbert. Narrations are often avoided in the show to avoid prior judgments; the girls in consideration are awarded money, crown, sash and pageant (Galanes, 2009).
Techniques of neutralization are theoretical series applied in the people who commit acts considered illegitimate. Research indicates that the acts neutralize temporarily on values in the community that prohibits people from engaging in the illegal acts. The abnormal acts identifies with immorality and breaking the law and the like (Macionis, 2011). Techniques of neutralization guide the people psychologically in doing what is wrong or right. Neutralization theory asserts that people are aware of their moral obligations which guide them against illegitimate acts.

Denial of Responsibility
Research indicates that the offenders often propose that they were forced into the circumstances citing victims of the circumstances, which in one way or another were beyond their control (Macionis, 2011). This is commonly followed up by offender saying that it was not his or her fault. The show has been judged by some cultural groups as a model promoting sexual favors which is against the culture of the United States. The kid beauty pageants have the dangers of absorbing the worldly things artificially. A number of viewers propose age fourteen to twenty six for the beauty pageants. The organizers and participants of the beauty pageants show denial of responsibility in supporting the current age group and going against the norms of the audiences.
Denial of Injury
The offender in the denial of injury insists that the actions in no way did any damage or harm (Macionis, 2011). The offender is characterized with the assertions that the other side could comfortably afford to lose, and that the action was not a big deal. Little Miss Perfect involves the contributions done by the parents in following groups of little girls. On a number of occasions, conflicts have arisen with offenders citing no harm inflicted identifying with the denial of injury. This has been particularly in the moral aspects of the young girls. A number of Viewers believes that the girls get disoriented.
Denial of the Victim
The offender in the denial of the victims believes that punishments accorded to the victim are deserved (Macionis, 2011). The actions justify the models taken against him/her. The common phrase in the mouth of the offender asserts that the other side was prepared for the act...