Question: Bigamy-the practice marrying more than one person-is strongly condemned in the United States, but it is accepted in some cultures. Sending aging parents to retirement homes rather than taking care of them in one's own home is accepted in the United States, but it is strongly condemned in many cultures.
Why do we judge social issues like these ethnocentrically? When studying cultures from the sociological perspective, how important is it to assume a culturally relativistic point of view? Defend your response.