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    Conforming neither objectively breaks any rules, nor is it perceived by most others as DEVIANT.  It is important to remember that even most individuals who become labled as DEVIANTS whether they are hippies, whores, murderers, or thieves actually engage in conforming behavior MOST of the time.  Conforming behavior is the norm in most social groups, and even most DEVIANT individuals abide by both the formal and informal rules the vast majority of the time.  Students of DEVIANCE are, of course, less interested in conforming behavior than various types of DEVIANCE except to the degree that conformity is the standard against which DEVIANCE is

...We have seen how Derrida himself turns Levi-Strauss's parable of the 'Writting Lesson', Levi-Strauss's lesson on writting, into a lesson in thinking, thinking crittically about the essence of writting and thinking crittically about the demacratics and categorizations that normally structure our perception and comprehension of the world.  The lesson given by philosophy to the human sciences, as exemplified in Derrida's reading of Levi-Strauss, is that one cannot simply step outside of a philosophical tradition and reason independantly with it.  It teaches us that there will always be a need for the critical reflex which is essential to phil

..."Sexual morals began to loosen in the 1920's.  Popular books like Dr. Harland Long's "Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living" (1919) and Dr. Lee Harlan Stone's "It is Sex O'Clock"(1928) fiercly commended Victorian prudery and taught acceptance of sex practices like cunnilingus and (moderate) masturbation.  Even "Infant Care", the guardian of convention, softened it's tone.  The 1929 edition of this little book gave parents new council: if they punished children for masturbation, they might only reinforce the "undesirable" behavior.  Better to be psychologically savvy, the new Mrs. West advised, and distract them with a toy. ...Still,some sourc