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Sociological theory explains why society functions the way it does by focusing on the relationships between the various social institutions that make up society

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The theory explains social groups in the way that all social groups are needed in order for society to be stable. Some social groups  that make up Structural  Functionalism are low income , medium class, and the rich. For example, we need peer groups like criminals for our society to function or in groups like people that are wealthy with money.

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Basically in the studies they find that all age groups are important in different ways. The  variety of age groups help keep everybody in order. For example older people help create social order for  younger people to follow. All age groups are important to social structure

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Musgrove, Frank, and Roger Middleton. “Rites of Passage and the Meaning of Age in Three Contrasted Social Groups: Professional Footballers, Teachers, and Methodist Ministers.” The British Journal of Sociology, vol. 32, no. 1, 1981, pp. 39–55. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/589762.

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Functionalism relates to culture because there are supposed to be divisions in order to make society function as is.

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Structural Functionalism talks about how the society functions based on relationships and social institutes. Gender roles play a part in structural functionalism because it showcases how people view the men and women in society and assign roles for them to follow.

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The cycle of Deviance in Structural Functionalism

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The cycle of Deviance in Structural Functionalism

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Deviance plays two important roles in Structural Functionalism. The first is laying the foundation for the people. They do this by not following norms and falling into the crime system or poverty. Deviant people also allow for the rest of society to unite and agree that deviant people are not alike to them.

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White, Leslie A. “History, Evolutionism, and Functionalism: Three Types of Interpretation of Culture (Abridged).” Journal of Anthropological Research, vol. 42, no. 3, 1986, pp. 225–238. JSTOR, JSTOR,www.jstor.org/stable/3630029

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The theory explains that culture was created in order to differentiate different groups that have the same interests in order to function in society.

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Gender norms give an overview of how men and woman should act based on their gender. The things that they do are predetermined and if they go against their gender roles, they are viewed in a bad way.

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Bensman, Joseph, and Israel Gerver. “Crime and Punishment in the Factory: The Function of Deviancy in Maintaining the Social System.” American Sociological Review, vol. 28, no. 4, 1963, pp. 588–598. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2090074.

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Crime and Punishment is explained through the deviant acts that people committed. It shows how the norms and structure maintained a balance because of the deviant people that did not follow the rules.

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In, "Gender and Gender Roles", a few people in Mexico talk about gender roles in their cities and how they differ, "I have noticed that women in Coyolillo seem to have a position very different from the women in Xalapa"(Rowell, 81).

Jones, Marcus D. et al. “Gender and Gender Roles.” Callaloo 27.1 (Winter, 2004): 80-85. JSTOR. Web. 21 Dec. 2017.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3300907.pdf

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This Structural Functionalism best explains how society works  because everybody has a function in order for our world to be organized. It builds our society into becoming stable since everybody has a role.

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This article is about how culture comes to be. It shows the way people become closer and how their culture impacts their way of thinking.

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Socialization is the process of mixing people together and having them socialize.

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Socialization brings people together in a social way. Within structural functionalism, it plays a role in showing who chooses to associate with who.

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Rutledge, Essie Manuel. “African-American Socialization Experiences by Family Structure.” Journal of Black Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, 1988, pp. 204–215. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2784438.