This Is a Man’s Job

Challenging the Masculine “Warrior Culture” at the U.S. Air Force Academy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7664985
AutoresJarrod Pendlebury (0000-0001-6937-6549, Air Power Development Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen46
Número1
Páginas163-184
Fecha de publicación2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArmed Forces & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0095327x18806524
OpenAlexW2901472330
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20
Referencias citadas4

This article explores models of identity at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Drawing on qualitative data gathered through a number of focus groups with cadets, it finds that despite technological changes that have revolutionized the battle space and policy efforts to shift the cultural identity of the forces, ideal identities remain infused with concepts that value the classical model of the heroic masculine. It suggests that functionally, this highly prized “warrior” ethos is becoming less relevant but could have the effect of undermining efforts to “diversify” the Academy. In the absence of a fundamental reconsideration of what constitutes the “ideal” air force officer, efforts to alter the demography and exclusionary culture at the Academy will be stymied

Aesthetics · Art · Battle · Ethos · Ideal (ethics) · Identity (music) · Masculinity · Officer · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law · Military History and Strategy