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Androcentrism

Androcentrism

When I started to think about what to write for this paper I wanted to learn more about androcentrism. Well, I guess I know what it means, but I wanted to see what it means to other people. In Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2nd Edition the definition for androcentric is centered on emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests. Then I went online and mostly the same definition. The only definition that I found that said anything about women was at http://dictionary.reference .com. It read: centered or focused on men, often to the neglect or exclusion of women. I started to wonder what religious dictionary's thought of androcentrism. So I looked up some religious dictionaries. After about 10 of them I gave up because I came empty handed. It's like they didn't believe it existed. But, to my surprise I did find a definition to androgyny in a few of them. And let's not forget my personal definition: Men are better than women.......


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