masculism

Noun

masculism (usually uncountable, plural masculisms)

1. (usually) Advocacy of men's rights.
   • […] proposing the development of a counter corrective movement to be called "Masculism" — lady, I thank thee for that word! — a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Men.
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     In his plea for masculism John Macy defies the champions of present-day feminism.1927, Harper's Magazine, volume 153
   • Unfortunately, masculism also has a tendency to adopt the less constructive traits and tactics of modern feminism, including polarizing rhetoric, exaggerated claims of victimization as the basis of political demands, and the tailoring of facts to fit ideology.1994 July, Cathy Young, “Man Troubles”, in Reason
2. (usually) Support for patriarchy / male domination of women; opposition to equality for women; anti-feminism.
   • The ages of masculism are now drawing to a close. Their dying days are lit up by a final flare of universal violence and despair such as the world has seldom before seen.1971, Elizabeth Gould Davis, The First Sex, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, ch. 22
   • Fascism, fully revealed, is the extreme, exquisite expression of masculism, of patriarchy, and thus the natural enemy of feminism, its quintessential opposite.1983, Sheila Ruth, quoted in Judith Evans (1986), Feminism and Political Theory http://books.google.com/books?id=094_AAAAMAAJ, page 70
3. (usually) Sexism in favor of men.
   • Masculism, the form of sexism practiced in our culture, has many facets, and we shall explore them in Chapter 2. Here we need only say that masculism is in part the mistaking of male perspectives, beliefs, attitudes, standards, values, and perceptions for all human perceptions.1980 February, Sheila Ruth, Issues in Feminism: A First Course in Women's Studies, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, →OL, page 7
   • It often takes a crisis of some sort to initiate the difficult but empowering feminist process of renegotiating the masculisms that dominate the discourses of origin, authenticity and belonging in a way that transforms margins into frontiers, lack into (ad)vantage.1997 June 25, Nalini Persram, “In my father's house are many mansions”, in Black British Feminism: A Reader, →ISBN, →OL, page 213