Deviance

Deviance Deviance – Teen Sex I’ve chosen to interview a friend who I will refer to as “Betty” for this project. Betty began her deviant sexual behavior as a 14-year-old ninth grader. It was a conscious rebellion against her social and family norms. While sex at the age of 14 is against our social norms, premarital sex at any age was against Betty’s family norms. She was brought up in a strict, religious family where having sex outside marriage was not permitted. According to Robert Merton’s typology, Betty was in the category of rebellion. By having sex at a young age, she rejected the institutional means of approving the cultural goals. Betty often felt guilty, but still continued to have [protected] sex throughout her high school years. Her behavior seemed to be her way of secretly getting back at her parents and the rigid church/private school environment she was being brought up in. After all, in society’s view she was still a great student who graduated second in her class, was involved in school and community activities, and was a picture of the perfect daughter. Most likely, sex, age, family, betty, school, norms, deviant, behavior, against, young, years, way, social, out, having, betty’s, after, teenager, sexually, sexual, relationships, rebellion, premarital, parents, one, married, longer, involved, high, girl, getting, even, considered, brought, became