Columbia College SOC 111 wk 3 DQ 2 - Ethnocentrism is using...

Ethnocentrism is using the experiences, values, and norms of one’s own culture as
a reference in the judgment of someone else’s culture. This is basically the opposite of
cultural relativism, which promotes that all cultures are inherently equal and that once it
should suspend their own moral and ethical judgments when attempting to analyze, study,
and/or understand someone else’s culture.
During one of my first experiences abroad, I was in Italy and witnessed a lot of
young man holding hands. I made an assumption that they were homosexuals. Later I
learned that this is not in fact. I found out that this is common practice among friends
and that the Italian people made no correlation to intimacy/sexuality with holding hands.
Another example would be when I first arrived in Japan. I had some belongings
shipped over and the moving company arrived at my residence a week after I did. The
four men who delivered my belongings were all wearing pink overalls. I found this very
odd. I thought it was a little too feminine for men to be wearing pink coveralls. I soon,