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