Cultural-Norms Sheet

You are a Mountain Person.

Mountain People Cultural Norms

•	Mountain People prefer to interactwith members of their own culture.

• 	Mountain People do not initiate conversation.
They speak only when spoken to.
• 	Mountain People have very formal speech patterns.
For example,they always use "sir"and "ma'am:'
•	Among Mountain  People, women have more status than men. Men are chaperoned by Mountain
People women.
• 	Mountain People men avoid eye contactwith women from other cultures.
•	Mountain People men do not talk directly to women from other cultures. They respond through their chaperones.
•	Mountain People men can talk to men from other
cultures. They can maintain eye contactwith men from other cultures.