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...violence in American society-- including the tragic school shootings in Littleton, Colorado, Jonesboro, Arkansas, and elsewhere-- needs to be understood as part of an ongoing crisis in masculinity. This exciting new media literacy tool-- utilizing racially diverse subject matter and examples-- will enlighten and provoke students (both males and females) to evaluate their own participation in the culture of contemporary masculinity. As the BC Institute Against Family Violence addresses on a daily basis the destructive effects of firearms in the context of violence in intimate relationships, I must respond to Adele Weder’s recent article in the Vancouver Sun, “Guns in the Family.” The article seems tailored to the messages of the gun-lobby, painting a rosy picture of firearms as a wholesome family activity. Weder even goes so far as to use numbers supplied by the National Rifle Association (NRA) to illustrate how a ‘rising number of women’ are interested in learning how to pull a trigger. T...