Maggie observes that women in some cultures voluntarily alter their bodies with sometimes painful piercings that look weird from the point of view of her culture. She concludes that women in these cultures must be horribly oppressed compared to women in her own culture or else they would not do this to themselves. Maggie's position might best be described as:

A.) cultural relativism
B.) functionalism
C.) ethnocentrism
D.) social constructionism


Answer: C.) ethnocentrism

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What will be an ideal response?

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