An Examination of Social Control

well as women, can bring an issue before the legal arm for judgment. The effects of socio economic factors still play a role, however. Those with the money can hire the lawyers to fight for their rights. Those without money are more than likely out of luck.
             The historical and cultural level of social control has to do with society attitudes and how these attitudes stay the same or change over the years. Fifty years ago, a man or a woman was supposed to act a certain way, depending on their gender and their socio economic level. What society thought was deviant then, such as wearing a skimpy bathing suit in public, is now considered normal. Cultural differences also play a huge role in social control. Those born and raised on the East coast have a totally different view of accepted behavior as opposed to those living on the West coast. Immigrants who moved to the United States have a complete different set of social rules than those in mainstream America. The differences in gender roles also come into play. What a guy would think is deviant and what a girl would think is deviant are different. How a person responds to society and how society responds in return is part of the historical and cultural level of social control. It is an example of how society molds an individual's personality through interaction or lack of interaction.
             Changes in culture, changes the perspective of social acceptance. Years ago, for instance, it was not socially accepted for men
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