Module 4 Assignment

Module 4 Assignment

Pick a controversial issue that you have heard practiced in another culture and do some web research in order to better understand the cultural frame of reference within which that practice is understood. By "controversial," we mean an issue that is considered normal when seen from another culture's frame of reference but which may not be seen as normal or acceptable from your own or someone else's cultural frame of reference. Pay particular attention to the way language and labels encourage you to see the issue in a particular cultural frame of reference.

Here is a short list of some possible controversies:

• eating dogs in some countries
• Muslims chopping off hands of thiefs
• Americans with guns
• Americans with the death penalty
• female genital mutilation
• honor killings
• arranged marriages
• death penalty for gays 

Write a short essay (250 words or less) describing what you learned from your research. Click on the Submit Assignment link in the upper right of this page (see screenshot below). You can then type your essay in the editing box, or copy/paste from another application. If you found a particularly helpful online resource, please include the link.