Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Bsc Young Boys
11 Dec 2011
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Chapter 20 the national conversation in the wake of the littleton is missing the mark. Western culture defines masculinity in such a way that encourages males to be prone to committing violent acts such as those committed in littleton. In incidents like the littleton shootings, the media continuously report the issue as kids killing kids" when in fact the problem is much more specific. In particular, the higher incidence of young boys killing other young boys and girls is notable. Hence, the authors argue that the higher incidence of these violent acts being perpetrated by young boys reveals a crisis in masculinity and not simply a crisis in youth culture. Men commit most of the more aggressive/violent types of crimes etc. , and as the authors state, these acts can be considered an overwhelmingly male phenomenon . This implies that gender is as a factor when examining such things as violent behaviour and aggressive acts.
