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= Resistance (Social Relation) = Resistance, in social relations, is any way in which an individual acts that runs counter to norms, whether they be social, political, racial, economic, gendered, or other. Resistance can be constituted as an individual act, and when done on a wide and organized scale typically form a resistance movement.

Resistance tends to be focused on and identified when it is part of large collective moments and more invisible when done by individuals who defy norms on a day to day basis. Nonetheless resistance does happen daily on an individual level far more often than the resistance movements they culminatine to.

Resistance On An Individual Level
Resistance happens in any instance an individual acts in defiance or opposition of a power. A power that is very pervasive in society is the dynamic of social norms. Other norms such as laws also serve as powers to be resisted. As these are present in all societies, resistance is always present in all societies. As such, everyday resistance is not as easily recognizable and notable because it is constantly happening in small and subtle ways.

Resistance as such happens every time an individual acts outside the bounds of a norm whether they do so consciously or not, as it undermines the power of those norms.