The biggest question asked about this scandal is why; why would Larry Nassar sexually assault so many young and innocent women? What compelled Nassar to be a secondary deviant? This is where masculinity and gender inequality come into play. In Jessie Klein’s book, The Bully Society, she talks about how masculinity is a key factor in determining whether someone will commit a crime. More specifically, she notes a certain type of masculinity, “marginalized masculinity” which describes men who have a lack of power, and seek other methods in order to achieve their so called “power” sense of “masculinity” (Klein p. 48). This description seems to fit Nassar quite well. Larry Nassar is approximately five foot six, wears glasses, and does not give off the most masculine of appearances (Info from picture). A possible explanation to why Nassar sexually abused the amount of young women that he did is because he did not feel like a man, and needed to assert his dominance to prove his masculinity. Unfortunately, Nassar’s “other method” to obtaining masculinity was flawed. He saw his masculinity in the form of power, power over young women. This is why masculinity and gender inequality come hand in hand, and why women have a disproportionately higher chance of being assaulted, raped, and murdered over men.