Breaking a social norm

    Break a social norm of dress/attire (be sure not to wear anything illegal, dangerous, or extremely disruptive). Here are some ideas: try dressing in female clothes if you are a male; wear formal attire to a casual get together; wear clothing that is too warm/too cold for the weather; wear stripes with polka dots, wear an unfashionable or outdated outfit, etc. Then, interact with others and observe their responses while wearing your norm-breaking outfit. In your paper, address the following: State the Problem: define the norm you will violate, discuss briefly how this norm acts as a mechanism of social control, and describe what you will do to violate the norm. Hypothesis: describe the range of possible reactions others will have to the violation of this norm, what do you predict the major reaction will be? Describe the Setting: physical-where is the norm violation taking place? Social-how many and what types of people are observing? Describe the Incident: tell what happened. Summary and Interpretation: how did you feel as you were violating the norm? Why did you feel the way you did? Did people react the way you expected? Did you encounter any difficulties in carrying out your assignment? What, if anything, did you learn about how norms exercise social control? TheTextbook is attached you can use anything from chapter 1-6. https://openstax.org/books/introduction-sociology-2e/pages/preface