Researchers suggest that men are the most common perpetrators of violence against trans women (Grant et al., 2011). Though it is unclear the perpetrators' motivations for harming trans women, hegemonic masculinity may play a role. Hegemonic masculinity is constructed, dynamic, interpersonal and has been conceptualized as possessing core characteristics such as dominance over women and violence (Connell & Messerschmidt, 2005; Parent & Moradi, 2011). It is contingent on context and history, and serves as a popular ideal, giving scripts of how men relate to other genders and how to live life. In the northwestern world, constructions of hegemonic masculinity may be threatened by the existence of trans women because their existence may question, complicate, and undermine kyriarchy that maintain systems of power around hegemonic masculinity (Schüssler Fiorenza, 1992; Serano, 2007). For example, when a man is attracted to a trans woman and shows this attraction, he may risk his already precarious gender identity and the social privilege tied to it; to regain his social capital, he may exhibit violence, a volatile performance of hegemonic masculinity (Mock, 2013; Parent & Moradi, 2011). In this presentation, I will examine systems of power that may support the violence of men toward trans women. By contextualizing possible reasons for transmisogyny, I hope to show that the onus for change is on greater society, rather than on trans women. I will also analyze and problematize constructions of what it means to be a "real man" and will offer a theoretical basis for re-understanding masculinity.