Editing Androcentrism (section)

{{Short description|Centering a masculine point of view}}
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'''Androcentrism''' ([[Ancient Greek]], ἀνήρ, "man, male"<ref name="Liddell & Scott">{{cite book | last1 = Liddell | first1 = Henry G. | last2 = Scott | first2 = Robert | last3 = Stuart Jones | first3 = Henry | others = Roderick McKenzie | author-link1 = Henry Liddell | author-link2 = Robert Scott (philologist) | author-link3 = Henry Stuart Jones | title = A Greek–English Lexicon | publisher = Clarendon Press | location = Oxford | year = 1940 | oclc = 499596825 | title-link = A Greek–English Lexicon }}</ref>) is the practice, conscious or otherwise, of placing a [[masculine]] point of view at the center of one's [[world view]], culture, and history, thereby culturally marginalizing [[femininity]]. The related adjective is ''androcentric'', while the practice of placing the [[feminine]] point of view at the center is ''[[gynocentric]]''.

Androcentrism has been described as a pervasive form of [[sexism]].<ref name=Bailey2020>{{Cite journal |last1=Bailey |first1=April H. |last2=LaFrance |first2=Marianne |author3-link=John Dovidio |last3=Dovidio |first3=John F. |date=July 2020 |title=Implicit androcentrism: Men are human, women are gendered |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022103119307012 |journal=Journal of Experimental Social Psychology |language=en |volume=89 |pages=103980 |doi=10.1016/j.jesp.2020.103980|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=Hibbs2014>{{Citation |last=Hibbs |first=Carolyn |title=Androcentrism |date=2014 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology |pages=94–101 |editor-last=Teo |editor-first=Thomas |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4614-5583-7_16 |access-date=2024-01-23 |place=New York, NY |publisher=Springer New York |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4614-5583-7_16 |isbn=978-1-4614-5582-0|url-access=subscription }}</ref> However, it has also been described as a movement centered on, emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Androcentrism.com |url=https://androcentrism.com/}}</ref>