Positive deviance

Positive deviance is an act the is unusual and out of the norm but it is still a good act. Earlier this week I committed an act of positive deviance. I went to lifetime and after my workout I went to the locker room and saw two younger kids arguing over something. As I listened in I heard that they were arguing over 5 dollars that they had bet eachother in a game of basketball. I went over to my locker and got two five dollar bills. I walked over to them and handed each kid five dollars and walked away. They both seemed very surprised by this and just stood there for a whole after this happened. I felt pretty good after I did this because of the reaction that I got from them. Doing acts of positive deviance can make someone's day and can even make your own

Gender roles

Our society has shaped us into having to be certain people. Society now has specific expectations on how people should look or act. Boys and girls are stereotyped into pretty specific categories now. Younger girls are expected to play with dolls and like certain clothes and boys are expected to like sports, action figures, and playing outside. We see it as wrong if a little girl likes playing with cars and a little boy enjoys playing with barbies. Some of the things that I feel I was expected to do because of gender roles is liking sports. I feel like because that's what we all talk about, that you almost have to watch them even if you don't like them. Stereotypes have shaped our society to where there is now a right and wrong thing for kids to play with or behave.