1. RESPONSES TO OTHER CULTURES CSI – UNIT 2 – 2015

2. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF DROPPED INTO:

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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”

6. BEAUTY STANDARDS AROUND THE WORLD Try not to say “that’s weird!”

7. BEAUTY STANDARDS AROUND THE WORLD Long Necks – Kayan tribe, ThailandBody Scars – Karo Tribe, Ethiopia

8. BEAUTY STANDARDS AROUND THE WORLD Super-Sized Bods – Mauritania (15,000 calories a day!)Stretched Earlobes – Masai of Kenya

9. BEAUTY STANDARDS AROUND THE WORLD Stretched Lips – Mursi Women of Ethiopia Face Tattoos – Maori of New Zealand

10. 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