Hegemonic masculinity is defined by Kennedy-Kollar & Charles (2011) as the socially supported and dominant masculinity, which informs normative male behavior and unequal gender practices seen in the subordination of women (page 64). They also go on to say that in the study conducted in the article the range of interrelated stresses experienced by the majority of mass murders threatened their hegemonic masculine identity and these men engaged in violence in order to protect (page 61-62). Right off the bat they already talked about how men get violent in order to protect their identity those indicating the relationship between masculinity and violence. Focusing mainly on mass murders like school shooting in order to understand the stresses affecting hegemonic masculinity. Because the age group…show more content… An important aspect as said by Kennedy-Kollar & Charles (2011) of a hegemonic masculine identity is the ability to exert social dominance, achieve a high social status, command respect and demonstrate authority (page 68). And with the factors of bullying and psychological distress it can cause problems making people act out those planning events like school shooting as a form of revenge. In the Repeat Tragedy journal article they focus on five different college shootings. First starting with the Appalachian School of Law. The shooter was Peter Odighizuwa, Newman & Fox described him as having marriage problems and has had trouble with the authorities in the past (page 1300). He had special targets and after the shooting was later diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. The second was the Case Western Reserve with 62 year-old Biswanath Halder, who the writers Newman & Fox described as quirky and a social misfit (page 1300). He didn’t have any special target, but it was later found out that he had some grudges with member on campus and suffered from paranoia. Third