Among Some Inuit Communities at the Beginning of the Twentieth

question 149

Multiple Choice

Among some Inuit communities at the beginning of the twentieth century, allowing newborns to freeze to death was not considered a deviant act. According to the textbook, what does this say about deviance?

• A) that it varies over time and across cultures and societies
• B) that there are always exceptions to norms
• C) that isolated people have different sanctions than modern people
• D) that in some societies and cultures immoral behaviour is not always sanctioned