There's a (Male) Elephant in the Room

What is the connection between masculinity and mass shootings?

*Readers have informed me that the data I use here from Statista conflicts with that of other datasets on mass shootings which show much higher numbers. I’ve left the Statista numbers, but want to note the inconsistencies in our collective assessment and grokking of this issue.

I wrote the first draft of this piece in 2021 in response to the mass shootin…