Question 3
The society has certain expectations of an individual. The essence of labeling is the way people look at individual actions. In this case at a negative angle. If one does not conform to the cultural norms of the society one is labeled a negative name, for example, "a thief", a "cheat" or "a loser". The concept of stereotyping and self-fulfilling prophecy brings out the labeling theory. The deviance depicted, however, is seen has non-inherent rather it is the majority normalcy in labeling minorities deviant from the social norms (Fennell, Dana, and Ana 305). I witnessed a friend labeled a ...
