Moral panic occurs when a certain group of people pose a threat to the norms of a specific society and because their behaviour challenges societal norms and expectations they are perceived to be deviant. When a moral panic occurs, there are two groups involved, the moral entrepreneur who practices and promotes the obedience of societal norms and the folk devil who rejects this and does not conform to these norms. In this essay, I will be using sexual orientation as an example of a moral panic, I will analyse the role conservative individuals in a society undertake as the moral entrepreneur and how the non-conforming queer individuals are viewed as the folk devil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .
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Education, is a pivotal part of the childhood stage and because educators have so much interaction time with students, conservatives feel the need to monitor schooling to maintain hegemonic discourses surrounding gender (Robinson, 2008). Robinson (2008) explains that “schooling is viewed, and feared, by conservatives as a site where more liberal (‘politically correct’) ideals and values can potentially be aired unabated. Thus, schooling becomes a critical area perceived to require close surveillance to stabilise and reinforce the status quo”. Cartoons and children also have a strong relation and in most cases children adopt certain behaviours expressed in cartoons. The representation of a child cartoon as gay caused quite a stir and this panic is an example of how closely children’s early schooling experiences are monitored to not deviate from the hegemonic discourses that have become commonplace (Robinson, 2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .