Androcentrism
centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests:
an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
adjective
having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary
n.
1915; see androcentric + -ism.
adj.
1887, from andro- + -centric.
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