In 2005 the Northwestern University women's lacrosse team won an NCAA championship and was invited to the White House to receive
congratulations from the president. Controversy erupted after their visit, when the official photograph revealed that several team members were wearing flip-flops. Despite the outcry, the athletes took the criticism in stride, talking about it on the Today Show and auctioning the offending footwear for charity. Given the reaction and the team's response, what sort of norm did the athletes break by wearing flip-flops to the White House?
Explanation: A folkway is a term used to describe the way of living, the way of thinking or the way a group of people will act when involved in a given set of activities, these ways are not of a conscious effort but has been discovered to be a compelling force or factor among the persons involved.it can also some times be referred to as a ''custom''
<em>folkways are mildly enforced, they are enforced with strict force or action.</em>
