Is my belief actually better than yours?

Cultural Relativism seems at first, one of the simplest things to ever be accomplished. All we would have to do is accept everyone and their belief. However, this isn't realistic. We are all human and our thoughts and opinions influence us too much to have this perfected plan. In the article, I was very interested in the comparing and contrasting of cultural tradition and values. I thought it was interesting that many times we judge a custom or value without looking at the reasoning behind it. For example, the Eskimos. The Eskimos may kill their babies but it is due to the fact that they might not be able to provide for them. So in order to save them from malnutrition or even a unhealthy life, they believe it is easier for them to be saved from a poor life by killing them. This shows how someone (including me!) would first be like "What the heck! They kill babies! That is soooooo wrong!" But then when we learn of the meaning instead of assuming, there is understanding where they are coming from. Whether or not I agree with them, I understand why they chose to do what they do. I think despite the fact if there is a reason behind it or not, many people though neglect the reasoning and believe that their opinion is superior. The easiest book to compare to this is Things Fall Apart. People in Onkowko’s village accept that women are property and they are allowed to treat their property in any way they choose. This could include abuse. Due to the fact that our society’s values don’t agree with this, Onkowko’s does and makes us critical. However, if we lived in their society, we probably wouldn’t see much problem with it because of the reasoning that women are raised as property. We see this in our world today. The Middle East raises their people in a society where women are a lower status than men and can be treated differently. This is their belief and values which makes it hard to be critical of. I wish our world was able to all accept differences with each other. Unfortunately, I know that it is impossible. There is no way this could ever happen because many people feel superior to others and feel they have a right to judge. It’s human nature to do this. There are times I have done it myself. As humans, we can’t avoid wanting  to disagree with people because their values are very drastic from ours. However, even though it is our first instinct to judge, it shows more character if we took the time to understand the difference and find similarities and meaning.