A system of evaluation that uses male experience as the normative standard by which to assess all behavior.

Feminist term for cultural systems and structures organized from a male point of view and assumed to be "natural," because its source in male power and authority is concealed.

The practice of viewing the world and shaping reality from a male lens. [Charol Shakeshaft

ideas or methods of research which prioritize men's views of the world, excluding the experience of women.

A male centered wold view and assumption of the supremacy of males and their experiences, values, and traditions.

The idea that the male perspective and experience is the preferred cultural norm.

Androcentrism (Greek ανδρο, andro-, "man, male", χεντρον, kentron, "center") is the practice, conscious or otherwise, of placing male human beings or the masculine point of view at the center of one's view of the world and its culture and history. The related adjective is androcentric.