SOC 4010 Lecture : SOC*4010 Violence and Society Lecture Note

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 4010
• Professor: Norman Dubeski

Document Summary

school shootings presentation: masculinity, aggrieved entitlement, masked suicides, sociology of schools. mark lepine: victim of abuse identifying with the victimizer, he was strong . Eric harris applied for marines, got turned down. Professors pick on them, ridicule them to prove their superior knowledge. Sense of entitlement being taken away, trying to contribute to knowledge. school shooters are not rebels but innovators denied masculinity, shoot people and self so no one can deny they died a real man. Breaking social norms of prescribed means to reach socially sanctioned goal. us has a violent past, had been glamorized and exaggerated. need to see violence in terms of various perspectives culture, biology, sociology, etc. striving for status among males, even within groups. biology low levels of serotonin in violent offenders, dysfunction of the prefrontal region of the brain, reduced glucose metabolism in the prefrontal cortex (more impulsive).