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Ethnocentrism Ethnocentrism can be broadly defined as an attitude whereby you judge other societies by the standards that apply in your society. An example of this might be classifying people who live in technologically-undeveloped societies as "primitive". Additionally, ethnocentrism can also refer to the way the lifestyles, experiences, values and norms of one group in a society are assumed to be common to everyone in society. For example, the assumption that everyone lives in a loving, two-parent family, is an example of ethnocentrism on a group level, as is the idea that because some women in our society are economically successful this applies to the experience of all women in society. |