Psychology
The Social Construction of Deviance and Stigma
Quick fact
Behaviors like homosexuality were classified as mental disorders by the American Psychiatric Association until 1973—not because the behavior changed, but because medical and social perceptions changed, demonstrating that deviance can be socially constructed even within science.
Why this is interesting
You probably think of some actions as just wrong—but what if the 'wrongness' isn't in the action itself, but in the eye of the beholder? Why do societies disagree so wildly about what counts as deviant?