English

Noun

masculinism ‎(usually uncountable, plural masculinisms)

1. An ideology of masculinity or of male rights; especially an ideology opposed to feminism.
   • 1996, Peggy Watson, "The Rise of Masculinism in Eastern Europe", chapter 6 of Monica Threlfall (editor), Mapping the Women’s Movement, Verso, ISBN 978-1-85984-984-2, page 216:

     […] the transition to liberal capitalism offers men the opportunity of putting a greatly increased social distance between themselves and women. It is the rise of masculinism which is the primary characteristic of gender relations in Eastern Europe today.

   • 2002, Stephen M. Whitehead, Men and Masculinities, Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-0-7456-2467-9, page 115:

     Each is laden with assumptions and appropriations that, in discursive terms, reinforce a culture of masculinism – the cultural dominance of the male (in the public sphere).

   • 2007, Satoshi Ikedia, “Masculinity and masculinism under globalization: Reflections on the Canadian case”, chapter 6 of Marjorie Griffin Cohen and Janine Brodie (editors), Remapping Gender in the New Global Order, Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-76997-6, page 112:

     However, it is possible to examine the broader historical contours of masculinism – the ideology that justifies male domination – and the masculinist institutions that endorse masculinism […]

Related terms

• masculinist
• masculism, masculist

See also

• feminism, feminist, egalitarianism, equalism.