Masculinity and Crime
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- Created on: 03-09-17 10:05
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- Masculinity and Crime
- Messerschmidt (1993) masculinity is a social construct or accomplishment. Men have to work at being masculine
- Different masculinities co-exist in society. One of which, hegemonic masculinity is the most dominant, Paid-labour work, subordination of women and heterosexism
- Some men have subordinate masculinities, gay men, lower class, ethnic minorities who lack resources
- Messerschmidt sees crime and deviance as a way to achieve masculinity
- WHITE M/C YOUTHS subordinate themselves to teachers to achieve m/c status, leads to accommodating masculinity. Outside school, masculinity is through drinks, pranks, vandalism
- WHITE W/C YOUTHS: Less chance of educational success, masculinity is based on sexist attitudes, being tough or opposing teachers authority. More info look at Lads in Willis (1977) study
- BLACK LOWER W/C YOUTHS: Few expectations of a reasonable job, use gang membership and violence to express masculinity, turn to property crime to achieve material success
- CRITICISMS OF MESSERSCHMIDT
- Masculinity isn't an explanation for male crime, he is in danger of a circular argument that explains masculinity crimes are crimes because they are committed by males
- Doesn't explain why not all men use crime to accomplish masculinity
- Over-works the concept of masculinity to explain virtually all male crime, from joy riding to embezzlement
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