[Linganth] Articles on Male Anger

[Alexander King]

I think that Don Kulick’s article “No” offers some insight. When men’s (sexual) identities are challenged at a core level, it is understandable (even legally justifiable) that they react with (potentially) violent anger. While Kavanaugh’s heterosexuality is not challenged, his identity as a “good man” or “proper patriarch” is challenged and replaced with “rapist”. Kavanaugh's anger strikes me as similar to the violence in Kulick’s discussion of “the homosexual panic defense”. The fact that it is “understandable/justified” is evident from reactions by Republican pundits and supporters providing sound bites over the last 5 days.

-Alex King


> On 1 Oct, 2018, at 13:20, Quinn, E Moore <QuinnE at cofc.edu> wrote:
> 
> Friends and colleagues, hello:
> In my upcoming unit on language and gender, I would like to cover the subject of male anger.
> This is a recent Slate article that I could use, but I welcome anything you have to offer.
> Thanks in advance,
> Moore Quinn
> 
> https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-hearing-angry-shouting.html?via=homepage_taps_top <https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-hearing-angry-shouting.html?via=homepage_taps_top>
>  <https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-hearing-angry-shouting.html?via=homepage_taps_top>	
> Everyone Got to Be Angry at the Kavanaugh Hearing Except Christine Blasey Ford <https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-hearing-angry-shouting.html?via=homepage_taps_top>
> slate.com <http://slate.com/>
> For men, anger equals authenticity.
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>  <https://www.cabi.org/bookshop/book/9781786394996>https://www.cabi.org/bookshop/book/9781786394996 <https://www.cabi.org/bookshop/book/9781786394996>
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