Question

which of the following statements would best express cultural relativism?
a. \i dont understand how they could deal with that gross food.\
b. \this is making my stomach upset just by watching.\
c. \i wonder why they decided to make food out of worm paste.\
d. \eating worms cant be nutritious.\

please select the best answer from the choices provided

a
b
c
d

Explanation:

Define cultural relativism

Cultural relativism is the practice of assessing, understanding, and judging a culture by its own standards rather than viewing and evaluating it through the lens of one's own culture. It encourages objective curiosity and understanding rather than immediate judgment or ethnocentric dismissal.

Analyze the given options

• Option A ("I don't understand how they could deal with that gross food.") expresses a direct negative judgment ("gross") based on the speaker's own cultural food standards (ethnocentrism).
• Option B ("This is making my stomach upset just by watching.") is a visceral, subjective reaction of disgust based on personal/cultural norms.
• Option C ("I wonder why they decided to make food out of worm paste.") shows an open, curious, and objective inquiry into the cultural reasoning behind a practice without passing immediate judgment.
• Option D ("Eating worms can't be nutritious.") makes an unsupported, dismissive factual claim to reject the practice.

Determine the best match

Option C is the only statement that seeks to understand the practice from an objective, inquisitive standpoint, which aligns with the principles of cultural relativism.

Answer:

• (A) "I don't understand how they could deal with that gross food."
• (B) "This is making my stomach upset just by watching."
• (C) "I wonder why they decided to make food out of worm paste." (Correct answer)
• (D) "Eating worms can't be nutritious."