Wives of Warriors in a Particular Foraging Tribe Must Present

question 101

Multiple Choice

Wives of warriors in a particular foraging tribe must present to their husbands a first-born child who is male.If the first-born child is a female,a midwife will pick the baby up by the ankles and smash its head on a rock.In our society we are shocked and offended.What term do sociologists have for our feeling of horror from this example?

• A) cultural relativism
• B) ethnocentrism
• C) moral indignation
• D) moral outrage

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