Gynocentrism

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Gynocentrism (Greek, gyno-, "woman, female") is the practice, conscious or otherwise, of placing female human beings or the feminine point of view at the center of one's world view. The perceptions, needs, and desires of women have primacy in this system, where the female view is the reference point or lens through which matters are analysed.[1] Ideologically, gynocentrism prioritizes females hierarchically, as the overriding focus, and at the exclusion of all else. Observed in practice, the preeminence of women is seen as absolute: interpersonally, culturally, historically, politically, or in broader contexts socially (i.e. popular entertainment).

It is the reverse of androcentrism where the male view is the central reference point.

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  1. ^ Nicholson, Linda J. The second wave: a reader in feminist theory Routledge, 1997 ISBN 9780415917612 p147

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