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2015 ; 9
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Men, Masculinities, and Murder-Suicide
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Oliffe JL
; Han CS
; Drummond M
; Sta Maria E
; Bottorff JL
; Creighton G
Am J Mens Health
2015[Nov]; 9
(6
): 473-85
PMID25294867
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Murder-suicide (M-S) is a complex phenomenon that can involve a multifaceted set
of interrelated biological and social factors. M-S is also sexed and gendered in
that the perpetrators are most often male and their underpinning motives and
actions link to masculinities in an array of diverse ways. With the overarching
goal to describe connections between men, masculinities, and M-S, 296 newspaper
articles describing 45 North American M-S cases were analyzed. The inductively
derived findings revealed three themes: (a) domestic desperation, (b) workplace
justice, and (c) school retaliation. Cases in the domestic desperation theme were
characterized by the murder of a family member(s) and were often underpinned by
men's self-perceptions of failing to provide economic security. Workplace justice
cases emerged from men's grievances around paid-work, job insecurity, and
perceptions of being bullied and/or marginalized by coworkers or supervisors. The
school retaliation cases were strongly linked to "pay back" against individuals
and/or society for the hardships endured by M-S perpetrators. Prevailing across
the three themes was men's loss of control in their lives, hopelessness, and
marginalized masculine identities. Also evident were men's alignments to
hegemonic masculinities in reasserting one's masculine self by protesting the
perceived marginalization invoked on them. Overall, the findings give pause to
consider the need for men-centered M-S prevention strategies to quell the
catastrophic impacts of this long-standing but understudied men's health issue.
|*Masculinity
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|Adult
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|Age Factors
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|Homicide/psychology/*statistics & numerical data
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