Re: Sociologist
When I was a undergraduate, I had to attend two lectures by sociologists. In both, a fellow mathematics professor and I spent the vast majority of the lecture stifling chortles because of what passed for research and "statistics" by these two world-renowned researchers!
My B.A. is in History. To be able to have something besides ramen for dinner, I am back in school for my RN. New degree (sadly, another A.A.) new pre-reqs including Intro to Sociology.
My prof was discussing the evils of ethnocentrism, fifteen minutes later he was telling about the pratice of clitorectomies in sub-saharan (muslim) Africa. I replied, "Personally, I think that the mutilation of women is abhorrent. Is that because of my ethnocentrism, or is it because it's just plain wrong?"
He squirmed for at least ten minutes while he formulated his "non-answer."