According to the book, deviance is described as behavior that breaks social and psychological norms through behavior, actions, and thoughts. More specifically, when behavior breaks legal norms, it is considered criminal behavior, a subfield of abnormal behavior that is also stigmatized and entirely categorizes a person and a group based on these "deviant" behaviors that normative society is unfamiliar or unaccepting of. I can specifically relate this concept to the idealization that considers those who are attracted to or have sex with others of the same sex, along with their actions and feelings, deviant simply because these behaviors, thoughts, and emotions defy heteronormativity. These individuals are often criminalized for this, as well, for example, by policing that specifically targets homosexual intercourse in public bathrooms and sodomy laws that are still very much prevalent across several U.S
According to the book, deviance is described as behavior that breaks social and psychological norms through behavior, actions, and thoughts. More specifically, when behavior breaks legal norms, it is considered criminal behavior, a subfield of abnormal behavior that is also stigmatized and entirely categorizes a person and a group based on these "deviant" behaviors that normative society is unfamiliar or unaccepting of. I can specifically relate this concept to the idealization that considers those who are attracted to or have sex with others of the same sex, along with their actions and feelings, deviant simply because these behaviors, thoughts, and emotions defy heteronormativity. These individuals are often criminalized for this, as well, for example, by policing that specifically targets homosexual intercourse in public bathrooms and sodomy laws that are still very much prevalent across several U.S