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I decided to wear a halter top in front of my father.  I was quite nervous not knowing what he would say. And oh boy.  This is how it started. I was in my bedroom and decided to put on the halter top. I paced back and forth for a while. I wondered what he would think. I decided to launch myself on the count of three to walk into the  living room and back to my bedroom. As I made my way to the living room,  my father stopped dead in his tracks and asked what is wrong with you? What you have on?
You are not leaving the house like that, he said. I said no I am not and went back to my bedroom to take the halter top.
Wearing a halter top as a boy did not go well with my father. I broke a norm according to him. I guess he figures boys should not wear halter tops.

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The norm that i broke for this assignment was that i decided to paint my nails a bright red color for work when the rules state when i got my job that employees are not allowed to have long or colorful nails when coming to work, you are only allowed to have clear or nude polish on natural nails. This deviant act of mine would break only a folkway norm. It did not cause any harm to an individual or the society. was not breaking any major laws, it only got me a little slap on the wrist.  The sanctions i received were mostly negative. Sanctions from both my fellow employees as well as my manager weren’t awful but i did get some shady looks from my co workers who knew i was breaking the rules. This norm usually does differ by place. Not all work environments are the same and have the same rules. At my other jobs that i have had previously i was allowed to have fake bright blue nails if i wanted to and nothing would happen.

During my experience of breaking this norm i felt very nervous at first because i didn’t know to what extent i was going to get in trouble. I knew that if i explained myself i would be okay, but i was worried that i could catch my manager on a bad day and she would turn my experiment into something much more serious and have a much more negative sanction than what actually did end up happening. I also felt pretty uncomfortable sometimes and found my self trying to hide my fingers as much as i could. Even if the severity of this deviant act wasn’t very high at all, i still felt uncomfortable because i knew that what i was doing was not the norm, and was breaking the rules. I don’t know if i would do something like this again, but it was really interesting to se the reactions of people when breaking a norm or showing deviance.

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The norm that I broke during this would be wearing my down while in uniform. To perform this deviant act, I only wore my hair down for a short period of time as I am supposed to have it in a bun at all times. The only sanctions that I received would be from my Sergeant who kindly asked me to put my hair back in a bun. This norm does not really change by time and place as when in uniform you must have your hair in regulation,. The only exception would be when in PT uniform and you can have your hair in a ponytail.
During my experience performing this norm it would be explained as very uncomfortable. This experience could be compared to something small such as talking to yourself in public. I had many people stare at me while walking around for a bit as well as on the bus we were going on. To perform an action that is unusual to society really makes someone feel like they are out of the loop or excluded from society. From the staring, I felt a sense of pressure to conform myself to how everyone else was and how I was expected to be. Overall, my experience was normal but not something I would try again, I didn’t get in trouble but did feel a bit uncomfortable.