Quote Originally Posted by Andrew Green
Well, today is the first day of wearing a kilt to school. This is part taking my supervisor (one of them) up on her encouragement of the idea (and so far, nothing negative), and part deviance research for my sociology paper. Face it guys, wearing a kilt is not the norm in mainstream American society. Hell, I'd say it isn't the norm in any mainstream society any more. So therefore, it falls under the blanket of deviance. I am to record people's reactions, and use them in a brief paper. The way I see it: If I must engage in a conscious deviant act, I might as well make it fun. I am sure that most of you would agree with that one. I also wanted to see if I really could wear a kilt to work, and not get any gruff. So far so good.
Well done Andrew! On social deviance, when I am teaching sexuality and marriage (in a course on contemporary moral problems) I use my kilt wearing to illustrate the ideas of social conformity and deviance, the social construction of gender and tolerance of those who differ. You are, of course, right. It does take a certain character to deviate from the norm. I would like to read your paper.