RESPONSES TO OTHER CULTURES CSI – UNIT 2 – 2015
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF DROPPED INTO:
CULTURE SHOCK Disorientation people experience when in contact with a different culture How would you feel without: School past 8 th grade Electricity Cell phones Cars
ETHNOCENTRISM View own culture as right, superior, or normal Innate within all societies Describe other cultures as weird, strange, odd, wrong, incorrect, etc. Example: treatment of the Roma
CULTURAL RELATIVISM Belief that cultures should be judged by their own standards Promoted by sociologists & anthropologists to understand all cultures “Put yourself in someone else’s shoes”
BEAUTY STANDARDS AROUND THE WORLD Try not to say “that’s weird!”
BEAUTY STANDARDS AROUND THE WORLD Long Necks – Kayan tribe, ThailandBody Scars – Karo Tribe, Ethiopia
BEAUTY STANDARDS AROUND THE WORLD Super-Sized Bods – Mauritania (15,000 calories a day!)Stretched Earlobes – Masai of Kenya
BEAUTY STANDARDS AROUND THE WORLD Stretched Lips – Mursi Women of Ethiopia Face Tattoos – Maori of New Zealand
EXTENSION: FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION Not common in Western nations Prevalent throughout Africa Supported by men AND women as part of culture Governments today are trying to crack down on FGM