CULTURE & GENDER IN MILITARY OPERATIONS

Question 1

Recognize the Air Force Culture and Language Center’s definition of culture

Answer 1

Semi-shared patterns of meaning, sense-making, affiliation, action, and organization by groups

Question 2

Recognize the 12 cultural domains

Answer 2

THESTRAL L. FPS
(1) Family and Kinship,
* (2) Political and Social Relations,
* (3) Sex and Gender,
* (4) Economics and Resources,
* (5) Sustenance & Health,
* (6) Technology and material,
* (7) Religion and Spirituality,
* (8) Aesthetics and Recreation,
* (9) Language and Communication,
* (10) Time and Space,
* (11) History and Myth, and
* (12) Learning and Knowledge.

Question 3

Describe the relationship between human security and national security

Answer 3

Security of a nation is measured by how well the country protects its citizens from violence, hunger, disease, and natural disasters.

Question 3

Describe the importance of applying a gender perspective

Answer 3

Allows mission planners to plan for mission execution

Question 4

Recognize the barriers to cultural and gender competence.

Answer 4

Ethnocentrism: viewing one’s own culture as best and measuring other cultures by one’s standards.

Defense – viewing cultural awareness or gender considerations as a threat or an annoyance.