Deviant acts are accomplished by
individuals, 2+ team, or conflict
between involved parties.
Conflictual & expoitive deviance is all
time high globally. ex:: fraud, hacking,
mail-order brides.
Artificial Love: The Secret World
of iDollators: Herman-Kinney et
all studied men who use sex dolls,
but hide bc of the stigmatizm.
Concluded that iDollators become involved by trauma, by
interest, or hiding homosexuality. iDollators are not all pervs,
rather they are hurt, lonely or depressed. Individual deviance has
to develop extensive rationales & manage poss discovery.
Subculture & Community: Pain & Authenticity in SM Play: Staci
Newmahr studied sexual deviance in a SM club
Concluded SM participants seek emotional, physical, & psychological experiences, not a
performance. They seek 4 types of pain: transformed, sacrificial, investment, and autotelic.
They view processing pain as pleasurable.
Power Exchange, attempt to achieve authentic experiences of power imbalances within
social. legal and ethical limitations.
Selling Excitement: Gender Roles at the Male Strip Show: Maren Scull
studied gender dynamics in usually female dominant role.
Concluded that men are in control, just as women are in strip clubs. The male
strippers display hypermasculinity, which eventually put women back into traditional
roles. They use domination, aggressive touching, & humiliation reinforce conventional norms.
Gender Role Transcendence- male strip show encourages a
reversal of gender roles of both stripper and patron.
Sexual Assault on Campus: Armstrong et all
studied explanations of fraternity rape.
Approaches to sexual assault: (1 Psycholocial- labelling via perp or
victim characteristics (2 "Rape Cullture"- rape myths & natural
gender roles (3 How particular contexts are sexually dangerous
Concluded that heterosexual scripts at parties and a
framework for sexual assault. Educational programs &
reduction of alcohol use can reduce the risk.
Opportunity Structures for White-Collar Crime: Oskar Engdahl studied how
a stockbroker committed fraud w/out suspect from regulators.
Concluded that self-interest, low priority of control, and interpretative primary
are barriers from suspecting criminals. Social positions strengthen economic
crime. We can use these barriers to study and prevent white collar crime.