Self-Made Freaks

Goffman asserted that everyone just wants to be accepted as "normal." If that is the case, how would Goffman explain the desire to be a "freak?"

Body Building Freaks!

self Constructed Freaks

Judging Self Made freaks

Rachael Dolezal: Race Freak

• What makes a person choose NOT to be "normal"?
• How does someone choose their "freak"?
• What significance does this have for our reading of Goffman?
• How would Bogden explain this phenomenon?