androcentrism

[an-druh-sen-triz-uhm]

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noun

the quality of being androcentric; an androcentric attitude or bias.

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Some years ago, a Canadian academic paper posited that, contrary to their wholesome image, animal stories actually reinforce racism, androcentrism and heteronormativity.