@article{ref1,
title="The equalizer? Crime, vulnerability, and gender in pro-gun discourse",
journal="Feminist criminology",
year="2014",
author="Carlson, Jennifer",
volume="9",
number="1",
pages="59-83",
abstract="Alongside literature on how crime and crime control reproduce racial inequality, less attention has been paid to how the social construction of crime reproduces masculine privilege. To address this gap, I examine 71 interviews with gun carriers. While gun carriers actively promote guns to women, they tend to assume a masculine perspective on crime by emphasizing fast, warlike violence perpetrated by strangers--the kinds of crime men, as opposed to women, are likely to face. Extending theories of vulnerability to gun politics, I argue that the social construction of crime is a key vehicle through which gender is reproduced.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1557-0851",
doi="10.1177/1557085113502518",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557085113502518"
}