Originally Posted by
rmpowell
Grammar is the tool of oppressive devils
Social control and the ability to inflict the term deviance on those who do not conform has always been a form of oppression. Using symbolic interactionism as the foundation for a query, one easily recognizes it is simply a method of attaching labels that allow one to discriminate and create social class. If, however, one were so inclined to use structural functionalism as the tool for analysis, one must ask, "Who benefits from the social control and what purpose does it serve"?
