The Karen People: Article Analysis

The article The Karen People also discusses the rings that are worn around the necks of the women of the Karen tribe. The article discusses the many myths surrounding the rings worn by these women. One common myth discussed within the article is that a woman’s neck become longer as a result of wearing these rings. However, if the rings were to elongate a woman’s neck, the woman would likely become paralyzed or could potentially die. Instead, the rings act as an illusion of a longer neck by covering the woman’s collarbones and causing people to imagine them as a part of the woman’s neck. The reasons as to why the Karen people wear these neck rings, however, remain a debate. The article was the most difficult to identify bias from. It appeared