:: Idle Neurosis ::

:: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 ::

today is the fifth anniversary of the columbine shootings...i remember watching the shooters on tv and discussing the tragedy in high school. the world searched for an answer as to why these children were killing children....was it the music they were listening to?....their parent's lack of supervision?....the media?...violent videogames?....an endless amount of reason were sought to be found...yet we forgot to address one key factor....these children were boys. again and again boys and men use violence to fix their problem....it is our society's construction of masculinity that made these outcasts revert to violence and not speak about their problem with the boys they felt threatented their own masculinity (the jocks on their high school football team)....if we fail to address the issue that men commit 95% of the violent crimes in the US we are ignoring the key to these problems...instead we continue to send messages to young boys that they shouldn't cry and they should maintain a tough guy appearance to the world. all the while we are saying violence in general and violence toward women are all part of being a real man....hold it in, suck it up and stop being a sissy, right? well, ladies and gentlemen....here are your men....a bunch of high school boys with guns and blood on their hands....


stellar lady:: naughti 8:16 PM [+] ::
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