Why Would Using the Wrong Fork to Eat a Salad

question 68

Multiple Choice

Why would using the wrong fork to eat a salad at a dinner party NOT usually qualify as deviance?

• A) American society no longer has rules and etiquette governing which utensil to use for salads.
• B) Most dinners are eaten with friends who do not apply sanctions for deviant behavior.
• C) There are not norms governing food and eating.
• D) It is not a serious enough norm violation to provoke sanctions.

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