This is, I think, troubling for most social scientists, right,

这一点对大多数社会科学家来说有些棘手
because we seem to have some commitment to

因为我们好象承诺
at least value neutral type of analysis, right,

在价值观上要保持中立性
in which we do not

我们并不是非得要
label necessarily phenomena out. Right?

把社会现象打上标签
We know labeling theory; you may have heard about it.

我们都知道标签理论你们可能听说过
You label something as criminal or abnormal,

你将某事标为有罪的或不正常的
simply because it's probably unusual in society.

只是因为它有可能在社会中不常见
But what was abnormal in one society

但是在一个社会当中是反常的事
may become absolutely normal in another society.

在另一个社会中可能会变得完全正常
So you have to be extremely careful, right,

所以在使用正常与反常这些概念时
with the notion of normal and abnormal.

你得相当谨慎