Blaming women or mental health issues for mass shootings isn’t solving anything - so why, in the aftermath of events like the Plymouth shooting, do we do it?

Blaming women or mental health issues for mass shootings isnu2019t solving anything - so why, in the aftermath of events like the Plymouth shooting, do we do it?

Plymouth attack: why do we feel the need to attribute blame?

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It takes a lot of effort to seek out new information, so we take mental shortcuts to minimise that effort, particularly when we’re afraid or anxious

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Where does our impulse to ‘explain away’ acts of violence come from?

Plymouth attack: blaming women or mental health issues for mass shootings isn’t solving anything