Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
In this Article, Professor Stewart Chang, through the examination of three recent mass shooting, proposes that mass shootings driven by hegemonic masculinity should be classified and addressed as acts of terrorism. Professor Chang defines hegemonic masculinity as patterns or practices that promote the dominant social position of men and the subordinate social position of women and other gender identities. In this Article, he examines how hegemonic masculinity is allowed to become mainstream and flourish unchecked based on our characterization, classification and reaction to mass shootings and their perpetrators.
Publication Citation
53 Harv. C.R.-C.L. L. Rev. 495 (2018).
Recommended Citation
Chang, Stewart, "Our National Psychosis: Guns, Terror, and Hegemonic Masculinity" (2018). Scholarly Works. 1137.
https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/facpub/1137
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