Peter Wright

What’s in a suffix? taking a closer look at the meaning of gyno–centrism

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There appear to be some confused understandings of the word gynocentrism, so this piece will explore a little discussed part of the term: -centrism. This suffix makes a restrictive demand that women are most important interest we might hold. The Cambridge dictionary describes centrism the following way: The fact of having a particular type of …

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Anti-Gynocentrism is the Only Anti-Feminism That Matters

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Men’s Rights Advocates have often watched with bemusement as newcomers arrive declaring support for men, with a resume saying just one thing: “I’m an antifeminist,” as if that were all we needed to know. Because antifeminism and men’s rights activism is synonymous, right? That’s literally what they assume. With the resume tabled they quickly move …

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Jordan Peterson’s Map For Oedipal Men

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To understand Jordan Peterson’s encouraging of young men to become heroes in service to the maternal principle, especially within the context of marriage, we must turn to his ideological pedigree in the formulations of Carl Jung. Jung characterized the hero archetype as bound up with what he called ‘the Great Mother archetype,’ believing that male …

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Gamma Bias In The Maintenance of Gynocentrism

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Gamma bias refers to a cognitive gender bias theory developed by Seager & Barry (2019).1 Gamma bias refers to the operation of two concurrent biases: alpha bias (exaggerating or magnifying gender differences) and beta bias (ignoring or minimizing gender differences). Gamma bias occurs when one gender difference is minimized while simultaneously another is magnified, resulting in …

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