Affected or Detached? Gendered Emotional Reactions to School Shootings

This article explores whether gendered norms and beliefs about emotions persist, as people relive and recount unexpected incidents of mass violence. The emotional expressions of men and women after two school shootings in Finland are examined and compared, based on qualitative interviews with local...

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Published inAffilia Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 447 - 461
Main Author Nurmi, Johanna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.11.2014
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Emotions
Finland
Gender differences
School violence
Schools
Self Expression
Shootings
Social impact
Workers
Finland
school shootings
gender
emotions
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Summary:This article explores whether gendered norms and beliefs about emotions persist, as people relive and recount unexpected incidents of mass violence. The emotional expressions of men and women after two school shootings in Finland are examined and compared, based on qualitative interviews with local residents and crisis workers. Two emotional orientations in relation to school shootings were identified: being affected and being detached. Women were associated more with being emotionally affected and men with being detached. However, there was not always a consensus on how gendered individuals should express emotion in the aftermath of a school shooting.
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ISSN:0886-1099
1552-3020
DOI:10.1177/0886109914522625