By Ajax the Great (Pete Jackson)
(Originally posted on my Vive La Difference! blog)
The word "gynocentrism" has been tossed around a lot in recent years, most notably by the "manosphere" (MRAs, PUAs, MGTOW, Red Pill Movement, and many tradcons as well), who claim it is a Very Bad Thing, because reasons. In fact, in the "manosphere bingo" memes, it is one of the most prominent spaces on the chart.
Per Wikipedia, its definition is:
Gynocentrism is a dominant or exclusive focus on women in theory or practice. Anything can be gynocentric when it is considered exclusively with a female or feminist point of view in mind. The opposite practice, placing the masculine point of view at the centre, is androcentrism.
Thus, gynocentrism is centering, and thus prioritizing, Women and their perspectives. And that is somehow a bad thing because?
News flash, our species, that is the entire human race, is a gynocentric species. It is literally baked into the DNA of both primary genders. In psychology, it is called the "Women are wonderful" effect, which is consistently observed in both Women and men, often implicitly and subconsciously, no matter how much the patriarchy has tried to stamp it out. It is NOT the result of some shadowy conspiracy per the Red Pill movement or whatever, but rather simply what Mother Nature wants, and for the most prosaic of reasons: to better ensure the survival of the species. Think about it. Women are the limiting factor in reproduction. As the saying goes, "eggs are expensive, sperm is cheap", as true now as it always was, even if men's pop-culture hot takes (like the book by the same name) get it at least largely wrong. Thus, prioritizing Women would obviously lead to far greater Darwinian reproductive success than prioritizing men.
That's not to say that the patriarchy hasn't also historically (and also currently) weaponized gynocentrism as well against Women. Since men obviously cannot stamp it out entirely, try as they may, they have taken to pervert it into "benevolent sexism", which is the velvet glove to hostile sexism's iron fist. Granted. But that weaponization should really be seen as the perversion that it is, not as gynocentrism per se.
And since gynocentrism is a built-in feature of both genders, prioritizing Women actually promotes better intergender bonding, and thus better gender relations overall. (If nothing else, we can bond over that.) Androcentrism, on the other hand, can only drive a wedge between Women and men.
Remember, fellas, it's in your best interest as well. Female happiness is highly contagious. And so too is their misery.
Thus, we should all reclaim gynocentrism as a Very Good Thing. After all, it is what Mother Nature wants. Shout if from the rootfops: "Gynocentrism is beautiful!"
they'll never listen to anything Ajax. Only the might Hand of God pushing them down will make them shut up & stop what they are doing. No logic, no explaining, will change them. They only want what they want - to selfishly dominate the planet, women, animals, other men, & they will never stop until God stops them. There's no point in even talking to them in general. It's I think women we must address, & they are dumber than shit on this issue. They must prepare now to take over the world & in the state they are in, it'll take about 500 or 1k years for them to be able to stand on their own two feet. The men are mostly wicked, the women mostly helpless. I do mean helpless. Without men they just can't get through. Anyway it's a good article, thanks!
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome, Rasa 😊
DeleteThank you, Rasa. Unfortunately, the only thing we really can do (right now) is to "meet them where they are at" in the current "rabbit hole" we are all still so far down in. It's really the future generations of Women that will successfully do it, hopefully before it is too late, God willing.
Deleteyes, we agree on that! But we must keep pushing, writing, for the few who can & will do something, no matter how frustrating it may be
DeleteIndeed. Amen to that!
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