You are returning to the US on a long intercontinental flight where a crying baby is bothering you and all the passengers near you. The baby's mother opens the baby's diaper and begins to fondle its genitals. When the flight attendant and the passengers protest, the mother tries to explain that in her country this practice is a common way to quiet infants. Although you find her behavior very unusual and personally disturbing, you are interested in understanding her culture and you listen to the mother as she explains how and why the practice developed. According to Sociology, you are being:
a) discriminatory
b) culturally relativistic
c) ethnocentric
d) right
c) racist
b) culturally relativistic
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