As I read the article, I felt sorrow for the Nacirema people. They seemed so unhappy with their appearance. The rituals they endured seemed so cruel and barbaric. However, I quickly realized that these rituals are some of the same ones that we have here in America. Miner was merely describing what happens when you go to a dentist or when patients going to get medical care. The medicine men and herbalists are the same as our providers and pharmacists. Miner also speaks of surgeries to enlarge and reduce breast size and the different methods of birth control. While the females of Nacirema use moon phases to help prevent pregnancy, many Americans use family planning and avoid intercourse around their ovulation cycle. Miner also addresses the
