Folkway Experiment Essay

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The experiment I have chosen to break a folkway was to walk around either a store or the mall with all my clothing backwards. This was to test and see the reaction of people since it is not normal for a person to be walking around with their clothing backwards. Of course, the first thing I did was make my own inference on how people would view me as I did the experiment. I predicted that people will looks at me very strangely and would at least laugh. The most I want to see from a person is just their facial reaction plus a few comments.
The first thing I did was chose. Certain clothing to be comfortable by not to discomforted. I chose to wear some jeans that were a little bigger than my normal size and made sure I had a belt so they did not fall down. I also wore my shirt backwards and decided to do the same with a jacket. I had my sister with me throughout this experiment so she helped me out with the majority. The one thing I could not wear backwards were my shows but either way it was good enough to keep people thinking. I went to The Parks Mall at Arlington and decided …show more content…

Some people giggled and laughed and others just stared at me trying to figure out what was going on. One person came up to me to ask why do I have my clothes backwards and I did explain the experiment and they said that I was doing well with getting so much attention with something that is not seen in an everyday normal day. I also had a few comments from people behind the registers and their reactions were very awkward since they were still trying to process what was going on. Soon after I finished checking out I told them about the experiment and they finally felt comfortable about it. One person actually thought I was doing it for fun and just gave me an unnecessary comment but I explained it to them and they

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