You Are What You Eat

Everest UniversityPrinciples of Sociology July 25, 2009You are what you eatThis paper is about an exploration in different cultures and what they eat. In this paper one's opinion about the different types of food eaten in different cultures will be discussed. Also in this paper there will be a discussion on cultural diversity and diet. Included in this paper will be a discussion on the sociological theories of functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism. Also included in the discussion will be the terms ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.

Cultural Diversity and DietThe story of "you are what you eat? An exploration in cultural relativity," the foods eaten by these cultures sound nauseating. According to Henslin, J. M., (2009) the French thinks snails are a good food to eat. Dogs and cats are eaten by some of the Asian cultures. Japan likes to eat cod sperm. In some parts of Columbia they eat fried ants.

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Baby camel's liver is eaten in Sudan. Those who have the money to do so eat the brain of a monkey in China. Some people in the United States (U. S.) eat frog legs. (Henslin, 2009)Opinion on Eating Certain Cultural FoodsI live in the U. S. and I have never eaten frog legs that sound disgusting. The sound of eating snails makes me sick. I do not want a dog or cat so why would I eat them. The thought of eating cod sperm makes me want to throw up. I do not care for liver and a camel's liver, nasty. Fried ants Yuk! Eating monkey brains is gross.

FunctionalismThe functionalism of the cultural diet is analyzing why cultural diet differ from each other. It can also stand for why one diet is good for one but not the other even though they live in the same...