There can be little doubt where most academics stand in the raging 'culture wars.' They have been leading the charge in 'defining deviancy down.' Anne Hendershott reports from the sociological battlefield, where the once-central concept of 'deviance' has now itself become virtually a taboo. Her insightful account of the contemporary treatment of serious social problems ranging from mental illness through homosexuality an teenage sex to date rape and suicide is a powerful call to a renewal of sociology--and public policy--as we head into the 21st century.
