phallocentric
adjective
phal·lo·cen·tric
ˌfa-lə-ˈsen-trik 
: centered on or emphasizing the masculine viewpoint
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The paintings were hung by the dead hand of phallocentric meritocracy — all those works by men, ew, all that God stuff with the floating bare-butt baby angels and rapturous virgins, all those mythological scenes of conquest and violence.
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James Lileks, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
But with beautiful and positively bouncy writing, this book manages to weave together the scientific and societal missteps that got us here; how phallocentric science led to medical fallacies that are still perpetuated.
—Sarah Mupo, STAT, 8 July 2022
Hefner’s phallocentric embrace of hedonism and consumerism were once at the cutting edge of both the media and entertainment industry, but look wildly out of place today.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2017
In a season when movie theaters traditionally turn into playgrounds overrun by testosterone and phallocentric humor — even more so than usual, that is — the summer of 2017 is decidedly and refreshingly she-focused.
—Michael O'Sullivan, The Denver Post, 16 May 2017
This gothily phallocentric boy-band ethos is part of why mid-aughts emo still seems, to many, like a joke.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2017
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James Lileks, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
But with beautiful and positively bouncy writing, this book manages to weave together the scientific and societal missteps that got us here; how phallocentric science led to medical fallacies that are still perpetuated.
—Sarah Mupo, STAT, 8 July 2022
Hefner’s phallocentric embrace of hedonism and consumerism were once at the cutting edge of both the media and entertainment industry, but look wildly out of place today.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2017
In a season when movie theaters traditionally turn into playgrounds overrun by testosterone and phallocentric humor — even more so than usual, that is — the summer of 2017 is decidedly and refreshingly she-focused.
—Michael O'Sullivan, The Denver Post, 16 May 2017
This gothily phallocentric boy-band ethos is part of why mid-aughts emo still seems, to many, like a joke.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2017
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“Phallocentric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phallocentric. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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