Cultural Relativism
Cultural Relativism is something I feel everyone should take into consideration. It is very true that different cultures have different moral codes. An idea, concept, or some type of action that one culture partakes on might just be the total opposite to another culture. In either case, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s wrong to do what they believe in because their knowledge on these certain situations have been passed down from the earlier people in their lives who believed in the same thing. We really don’t have any “set rules” for everything in this world, for everything and anything can mean totally different things to similar or even different people. Now, I’m not saying that one should believe in another’s point of view, but just the mere fact that one should respect the actions or reactions one commits to certain situations. I guess you can tell by now that I truly agree with the whole concept of Cultural Relativism. I’ve been in many situations where I was ashamed to participate in many cultural events because some of my friends might think differently of me. That they don’t understand how a single event can mean more to them than they would ever know. So why is it that people don’t . . .
I think that it’s also because of this high number in men that are gay that influences the way people look at them. To the normal human being who lives outside of this gangster world, they would look at this situation and immediately say what a devil of a man this person is for doing these actions. Why must it be like this? Unfortunately as of now it hasn’t changed since the past, and will be like this in the futures to come. Maybe we can create polls on what people feel about something that certain cultures participate in (i. So I think that extensive research and or discussions is needed to gain more knowledge on why people act the way they do to certain things. His culture is basically just trying to survive in life by any means necessary. We can find out what it is that prohibits people from accepting something that other people do. But doing nothing about this subject will not change the ideas of other people. I mean people won’t show it, but internally most will have this funny vibe within themselves as they shake their heads in disbelief to the absurd scenario they see before them. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have it easy like any other person, but He was brought up in this culture by people older than him and taught him how to live his life according to his culture. I have grown up in a culture where gay men were considered the “locals” of the place (or even the country for that matter). Let’s take a deeper look on how one culture take in another culture’s views as just plain wrong.
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