Article 2e: healing from hate (Kimmel, 2018) Chapter 1

Question 1

Masculinity

Answer 1

Violence is almost always committed by men, but many theories don’t consider masculinity to be a factor in violence. Kimmel states that collective violence can not be completely understood without a gender analysis. It’s a gendered political psychology of extremism.

Question 2

How this mechanisms works

Answer 2

1. Young men feel entitled to a sense of belonging and community
2. Experiencing threats to this leads to shame and humiliation
3. This aggrieved entitlement leads to a man’s search for a way to redeem himself as a man
4. Joining a group as a form of masculine compensation