Why The School Shootings Happen
That reminded me of a provocative talk I had attended a few months back by Dr. Jessie Klein, Ph.D., a sociology professor at Adelphi University.
Dr. Klein, who is writing a book about the "bullying culture," argues that the increase in school shootings has to do with the culture. Boys are feeling more pressure to look macho and muscle-bound, and those who feel or are mocked for being "different" turn to intense violence to prove their masculintity.
I know that as the pundits question why this happened, the discussion inevitably is going to center on either a debate about gun control or the specifics of his situation (ie: did authorities miss the cues?). But Klein's work suggests that we might need to look at the larger pattern of these shootings, and if we do, we may discover that this injured masculinity is the cause. And that leads to not only these acts of mass murder but also the other kinds of violence against women that is so pervasive in this culture.
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posted by pam at 11:40 AM
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