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"Sex as the last resource
of self-esteem ..."
- Connell, Robert W.: Masculinities, Berkeley 1995
Men from all walks of life use violence as a strategically planned
"conflict-solving method"; just as the "fragile ego" can be found
among men of all classes – among other things this expresses itself as a tendency
to feel easily attacked in their sense of honor and pride, and is used afterwards to
excuse the outburst of violence.
- Kersten, Joachim: Gut und (Ge)schlecht. Männlichkeit,
Kultur und Kriminalität, Berlin, New York 1997
Kersten describes the "status gap"
in violent men as men who experience a gap between the ideal, omnipotent self and
their real, modest life status – perceived very clearly by both
themselves and the people around them. They tend toward a violent "pepping up"
of their self-esteem. Because this gap, this feeling of inferiority, can develop
independently of social class, violence against women is found among all classes.
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