TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - The equalizer? Crime, vulnerability, and gender in pro-gun discourse
JO  - Feminist criminology
A1  - Carlson, Jennifer
SP  - 59
EP  - 83
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1557-0851
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557085113502518
ID  - ref1
ER  -