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The varieties of human behaviour are immense, and differ between societies, cultures and over different periods of time.
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The varieties of human behaviour are immense, and differ between societies, cultures and over different periods of time. Deviant behaviour is just one form of human behaviour and it too comes in many different shapes and forms. Subsequently there are many different views of deviance, some of which will be considered in this essay. By definition, anything that is deviant goes against the 'norm'. Social deviance is anything that goes against the norm of a society. This may include people who are shorter than average; taller, cleverer, less intelligent and even those who are physically or mentally impaired in some way, such as blind, deaf, schizophrenic or suffering from epilepsy. This will vary between societies and different societies will have different views of what is deviant. Among the Mybuti pygmies tall people would be considered deviant while in the western world any adult under five foot tall would have difficulty finding...
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