phallocentrism
[fal-oh-sen-triz-uh m]
- a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
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Origin of phallocentrism
First recorded in 1925–30
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Contemporary Examples
The show, Bell Hooks argued in Black Looks: Race and Representation, “represents wom[e]n as the object of a phallocentric gaze.”
phallocentric
- dominated by male attitudes
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Word Origin
C20: from phallus + -centric
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