Using an original self-report survey of 18- to 30-year-old men, this study aims to understand gendered processes underlying men’s attitudes toward guns and aggressive behavior through two types of threats. We find that acceptance threat, a threat to an individual man’s sense of masculinity, and status threat, the belief that societal changes disadvantage men as a group, are positively associated with both men’s attraction to guns and their aggressive reactions to perceived disrespect. The effect of acceptance threat is amplified when a strong sense of status threat is also present, including attraction to guns and aggressive reaction to disrespect. These patterns are more pronounced among economically advantaged white men due to their precarious position in the race, class, and gender hierarchies. The racial and classed intersections amplify beliefs of status and acceptance threat for white men, channeling these threats into aggression and attraction to guns. We discuss how men’s economic and racial locations shape their responses to threats, and ultimately the consequences for men’s violence.

本研究使用对 18 至 30 岁男性的原始自我报告调查，旨在通过两种类型的威胁了解男性对枪支的态度和攻击性行为背后的性别化过程。我们发现接受威胁，对个人男性气质的威胁，以及地位威胁，认为社会变化使男性作为一个群体处于不利地位, 与男性对枪支的吸引力和他们对感知到的不尊重的积极反应呈正相关。当强烈的地位威胁感同时存在时，接受威胁的影响就会被放大，包括对枪支的吸引力和对不尊重的积极反应。由于他们在种族、阶级和性别等级制度中的不稳定地位，这些模式在经济上有优势的白人男性中更为明显。种族和阶级交叉放大了白人对地位和接受威胁的信念，将这些威胁转化为侵略性和对枪支的吸引力。我们讨论男性的经济和种族位置如何影响他们对威胁的反应，以及最终对男性暴力的后果。