Tuesday 1/31 Normalcy vs Deviancy

     The topic of normalcy and deviancy is extremely interesting considering that they are such vague ideas that are only constructed and defined by what society at the time decides that it is.  According to the reading by Davis, the word normal did not even enter the vocabulary of man until 1855.  What makes this even more interesting is the fact that you have to have a definition of "normal" before you can decide what the definition of "deviancy" is.  Why? Because they are the complete opposite of each other and you are in one category or the other.  You are either normal or you are a deviant.  However, what if you have characteristics of both categories?  What would you be labeled as then?  Moreover, why do we as a society have to pick out the people who are different from us and then find a reason as to what makes them different because of the fear that we may be seen like them?  Unfortunately this truth means that we live in an extremely judgmental society that I believe can be the blame of many of the controversial social issues that we have today.