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 "The gangs led by Hyer, Chichester, and others played critical roles in the distribution of power and the early formation of the antebellum political machine."(page 87) Men are able to gain mobility by committing acts of violence or oppression between certain brothels, so this aggression can then be understood to be an organization of male power over sex workers since sex work becomes culturally embedded into society during this time. As prostitution became more and more popular and earning more money, they're paying men to give them protection. And taking them to court after the destruction of their property while a prostitutes "impropriety" gets the blind eye in the court setting. (Tea Aliu)
+The spree violence that the men are committing in this era are sadistic in nature and spurred into fervor of aggression towards these women through the alcohol consumption and fanatic rantings of other men in their social groups. The obsession these men had to gain respect, power, or a raise in class status, created this illusion of taking power and imposing their higher status over women was to use violence and try to secure their role in the masculinity of the era. (Sage Milton)
 ===== Alcohol, Commercialized Sex, and the Reshaping of Masculinity =====