Janet concludes that a particular tribe is bizarre because the men adorn themselves by piercing their genitalia and wearing little wire rings. She overlooks the fact that in her own culture, people pierce their ears, tongues, eyebrows, and other body parts. This is an example of

A) egocentric fallacy.
B) ethnocentrism.
C) phallocentrism.
D) continuum fallacy.

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Kristi Mehmeti · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  This is an example of ethnocentrism, as Janet is judging another culture as bizarre based on her own cultural values and practices without recognizing that her own culture has its own forms of body adornment.

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