Today,using the wrong fork to eat a salad at a dinner party would NOT usually qualify as deviance.Why NOT?
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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Using the wrong fork to eat a salad at a dinner party is not a significant enough norm violation to provoke sanctions. It is a minor mistake that is unlikely to be noticed, and even if it is noticed, it is unlikely to result in significant negative consequences. Therefore, it does not qualify as deviance.

Today,using the Wrong Fork to Eat a Salad at a Dinner