In 2005, King Abdulaziz University of Saudi Arabia paid Virginia Tech University in the US $246,000 to design and operate summer courses for 60 of their faculty. Following Saudi custom and the preferences of the King Abdulaziz University professors, the 30 female professors and 30 male professors were taught in separate classes. Several Virginia tech faculty members objected, stating that this action violates federal anti-discrimination laws.
Would you support cultural relativism or ethnocentrism in this case? Justify your answer.
