Androcentric
centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests:
an androcentric society; an androcentric religion.
historical examples
it would be wholly impossible if we were never to outgrow our androcentric culture.
our androcentric culture, or the man made world charlotte perkins gilman
some read the genderless world as androcentric, because the generic human being it affirmed had a rather masculine bent.
the civilization of illiteracy mihai nadin
again we have an overwhelming proof of the far-reaching effects of our androcentric culture.
our androcentric culture, or the man made world charlotte perkins gilman
during this period we have had almost universally what is here called an androcentric culture.
our androcentric culture, or the man made world charlotte perkins gilman
we have been much misled as to warfare by our androcentric literature.
our androcentric culture, or the man made world charlotte perkins gilman
our androcentric culture is so shown to have been, and still to be, a masculine culture in excess, and therefore undesirable.
our androcentric culture, or the man made world charlotte perkins gilman
this is a peculiarly happy and condensed expression of the relative position of women during our androcentric culture.
our androcentric culture, or the man made world charlotte perkins gilman
this ultra littleness and ultra femaleness has been demanded and produced by our androcentric culture.
our androcentric culture, or the man made world charlotte perkins gilman
let us now see what part in this undesirable outcome is due to our androcentric culture.
our androcentric culture, or the man made world charlotte perkins gilman
never has it occurred to the androcentric mind to conceive of such a thing as being too masculine.
our androcentric culture, or the man made world charlotte perkins gilman
adjective
having or regarding man or the male s-x as central or primary
adj.
1887, from andro- + -centric.
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social and political rule by men. historical examples there has never been a democracy, so far—only an androcracy. our androcentric culture, or the man made world charlotte perkins gilman noun rule or domination by men; male supremacy word origin greek andros ‘man’ n. “rule or supremacy of men,” 1883; see andro- + -cracy. related: androcratic.