1. Without discussing
or looking at your neighbors, please list three words that describe what it
means to be a real man:
Now list the first three words that come to mind when
describing someone who is not a real man:
Next, please take out the article by Kimmel and Mahler
titled, Adolescent Masculinity, homophobia, and
violence: Random school shootings,
1982-2001.
As a group, please answer the following
questions:
2. What is the most
significant variable that correlates with random mass shootings? What evidence does Kimmel and Mahler cite to
show this?
3. What are some of
the ways in which researchers have tried to explain random mass shootings but
have missed the variable (from #2 above) in their explanations?
4. What was the
geography of the shootings? Where were
the random school shootings more likely to occur? Why?
5. Explain how Kimmel
and Mahler studied the phenomenon of random school shootings.
6. What findings did
the authors have about homosexuality and random school shootings?
7. What were the
school cultures like where the shootings occurred?
8. Why does the author say that boys are more likely to
commit random school shootings?
9. What race are the
random school shooters more likely to be?
Why?
10. What factors
might help prevent random school shootings?
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