Why Are So Many Mass Shootings Committed by Young White Men?

"Those of us who are not committing crimes on a regular basis, [it's] largely because there are constraints in our lives—we have things to lose." ...

"I think we're dealing with how we socially construct masculinity, and the extent to which being masculine means being aggressive," adds Simi, the criminologist. "It's not a simple cause and effect, but it certainly sets up a context that makes men much more likely to engage in violent behavior." ...

"Among many mass killers, the triple privileges of white heterosexual masculinity which make subsequent life course losses more unexpected and thus more painfully shameful ultimately buckle under the failures of downward mobility and result in a final cumulative act of violence to stave off subordinated masculinity," the authors wrote. Read more at Vice.com.