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Mass Shooting and Misogyny: Broken Males Are Pulling the Trigger

Mass Shooting and Misogyny: Broken Males Are Pulling the Trigger

Perry L. Lyle, Ashraf Esmail, Lisa Eargle
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781799849575|ISBN10: 1799849570|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799869795|EISBN13: 9781799849582
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4957-5.ch004
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Lyle, Perry L., et al. "Mass Shooting and Misogyny: Broken Males Are Pulling the Trigger." Mitigating Mass Violence and Managing Threats in Contemporary Society, edited by Gordon A. Crews, et al., IGI Global, 2021, pp. 48-73. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4957-5.ch004

APA

Lyle, P. L., Esmail, A., & Eargle, L. (2021). Mass Shooting and Misogyny: Broken Males Are Pulling the Trigger. In G. Crews, M. Markey, & S. Kerr (Eds.), Mitigating Mass Violence and Managing Threats in Contemporary Society (pp. 48-73). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4957-5.ch004

Chicago

Lyle, Perry L., Ashraf Esmail, and Lisa Eargle. "Mass Shooting and Misogyny: Broken Males Are Pulling the Trigger." In Mitigating Mass Violence and Managing Threats in Contemporary Society, edited by Gordon A. Crews, Mary Ann Markey, and Selina E.M. Kerr, 48-73. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4957-5.ch004

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Abstract

It is the violent ideology Americans cannot ignore. This hate and extremism overwhelming reside in males. Disproportionately committed by males, gun violence, as shown by data, reveals that misogyny can be a precursor to other forms of extremism. Gun violence and particularly mass-shootings have once again seized Americans of all political stripes as the hot-topic debate of the day. American's fascination with gun ownership dates to the roots of independence from the British crown and why colonists insisted that protection to own and possess firearms be woven into the private citizens' constitutional rights. There are an estimated 393 million guns in America, almost one for each citizen but held by approximately 42% of the population. It makes America, per capita, the largest privately-owned gun-toting country in the world. Many of the population surveyed claim to own four or more weapons – hardly necessary for self-defense. This chapter explores mass shootings and misogyny.

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