Masculinities and Violence, the latest volume in the Research on Men and Masculinities series, takes a sobering look at men and violence. Editor Lee H. Bowker has carefully chosen essays that shed light on the causes and settings of masculine violence. The three essays in Part I lay out the ways in which men learn violence and repeat it. Part II focuses on the ways men victimize women and children. Part III turns to ways men victimize other men. Finally, Part IV looks at men and organizational violence. Understanding the masculinities-violence nexus is crucially important to finding ways to mitigate the masculine tendency to violence. This perceptive volume will be an important resource for all those interested in the field of gender roles, men's studies, and interpersonal violence.
PART ONE: LEARNING VIOLENCE
On the Difficulty of Eradicating Masculine Violence - Lee H Bowker
Multisystem Overdetermination
Taking Control - Sarah Sobieraj
Toy Commercials and the Social Construction of Patriarchy
Bureaucratizing Masculinities among Brazilian Torturers and Murderers - Martha K Huggins and Mika Haritos-Fatouros
PART TWO: MEN VICTIMIZING WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Doing Violence to Women - Neil Websdale and Meda Chesney-Lind
Ladykillers - Chris O'Sullivan
Similarities and Divergences of Masculinities in Gang Rape and Wife Battery
The Coaching Abuse of Teenage Girls - Lee H Bowker
A Betrayal of Innocence and Trust
PART THREE: MEN VICTIMIZING MEN
Men Victimizing Men - James Messerschmidt
The Case of Lynching, 1865-1900
Frat Boys, Bossmen, Studs and Gentlemen - John Hagedorn
Hypermasculinity and Prison Violence - Hans Toch
PART FOUR: MASCULINITIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL VIOLENCE
Dow Corning and the Silicone Breast Implant Debacle - Constance Chapple
An Investigation into Corporate Crime against Women
Engendering Violent Men - Tracy Karner
Oral Histories of Military Masculinity
