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Washington Post: ‘Time to Make Masculinity a Part of the Gun Debate’
Breitbart ^ | 20 Jun 2019 | AWR HAWKINS

Posted on 06/20/2019 11:26:03 AM PDT by detective

The Washington Post’s latest documentary is focused on what they suggest is the role masculinity plays in mass shootings in the U.S.

The WAPO documentary opens by indicating their have been over 150 mass shootings in America since 1966 and “all but three were committed by men.” They add, “And more broadly, the majority of gun violence in America is perpetrated by men.”

Having posited men in such a light, the documentary then shifts to masculinity–defining traits and characteristics–eventually placing masculinity at the root of mass shootings and suggesting current efforts to rein in masculine tendencies could be applied to limit gun crime.

The documentary lists “traits” of masculine as “control, power, independence, [and] entitlement.” They take these traits to the halls of academia for examination, with professors such as University of Arizona’s Jennifer Carlson asking, “What is it about guns that gets linked to masculinity? Or what is it about masculinity that guns address?”

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"the solutions has to be “redefining what it means to be a boy and a man.”"

The message from the Washington Post is simple.

Guns are bad.

Men are bad.

Masculinity is bad.

1 posted on 06/20/2019 11:26:03 AM PDT by detective
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Gun Violence Prosecution Unfairly Targets Men


2 posted on 06/20/2019 11:27:35 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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So is an 80% build like a female transgendering to a male?

You know, add a barrel, snubby or longer.


3 posted on 06/20/2019 11:27:41 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (You know that I am full of /S)
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Time to make prison sentences a part of the gun debate, as denying my rights should cost you your freedom.


4 posted on 06/20/2019 11:29:20 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent...)
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I’m triggered...


5 posted on 06/20/2019 11:29:38 AM PDT by EEGator
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Great idea! Why don’t we propose a Constitutional Amendment outlawing firearms ownership for women (meaning two “X” chromosomes)!


6 posted on 06/20/2019 11:31:35 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Comey,Brennan and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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Gun ‘debate’? There’s no debate. They hate them, they want to destroy them.


7 posted on 06/20/2019 11:32:54 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Someone hold me. I’m feeling vulnerable right now.


8 posted on 06/20/2019 11:33:18 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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How about being Democrats? IIRC, Adam Lanza was one, so were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, and also the Denver movie theatre shooter, just to name a few.


9 posted on 06/20/2019 11:33:51 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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10 posted on 06/20/2019 11:34:09 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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The Solution is to castrate all men beyond a select few to be used as semen sources for the New Feminine State.


11 posted on 06/20/2019 11:34:16 AM PDT by arthurus (xcd)
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Pajama boy makes me want to punch Millennials.


12 posted on 06/20/2019 11:36:10 AM PDT by EEGator
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Dont let the MSM fool you. The left LOVES guns.

... They just dont want YOU to have one.


13 posted on 06/20/2019 11:39:08 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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Get in line..


14 posted on 06/20/2019 11:39:26 AM PDT by afterhoursarmory
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yeah because by golly the founding fathers threw in the ‘masculinity clause’ when they upheld our inalienable rights with the 2’nd amendment


15 posted on 06/20/2019 11:41:49 AM PDT by Bob434
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Did the crack researchers also disclose how many of the shooters were medicated, came from broken families, had concealed carry permits, had stolen the guns, or were card-carrying Democrats?

And then, as anyone who passed Statistics 101 knows, we need to avoid biasing our results. Where has "masculinity" wound up SAVING people, not just from mass shootings but elsewhere, i.e. rescuing people from burning buildings, shooting back (although woman can be just as "masculine" on that front), blowing up ISIS fighters overseas, or beating a former State Dept official in a Presidential Race?

This is beyond stupid...and it leads to THIS kind of nonsense.


16 posted on 06/20/2019 11:42:06 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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Oh, here we go.

More Gillette-style propaganda commercials.


17 posted on 06/20/2019 11:42:20 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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“They add, “And more broadly, the majority of gun violence in America is perpetrated by men.”

They add, “And more broadly, the majority of...farmers are men.

They add, “And more broadly, the majority of...cops are men.

They add, “And more broadly, the majority of... firemen are men.

They add, “And more broadly, the majority of... Soldiers are men.

They add, “And more broadly, the majority of...truck drivers are men.

They add, “And more broadly, the majority of...….

All are bad bad bad.


18 posted on 06/20/2019 11:42:23 AM PDT by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
So, Bezos -- what about adultery? Is adultery part of masculinity? Thanks detective.

19 posted on 06/20/2019 11:44:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Yo, WashPo Reporter!

Go outside and look around. Every thing you see - every building, every street, every mailbox, every car, every airplane, everything - was built almost entirely by men.

But men also, at the extreme margin, also shoot people from time to time.


20 posted on 06/20/2019 11:44:21 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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