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What does phallocentric mean?

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Adjective
  1. Focused on the phallus, especially as a symbol of male dominance; characterised by male attitudes, focused on men. [from 20th c.]
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They strove to eliminate patriarchal systems of oppression, and the most radical was to subvert the blatantly phallocentric ritual of surnames.
This amounts to saying that the intellectual should be open to the plurality of the culturally specific bodies of knowledge and practices while overcoming his or her technological, bureaucratic and phallocentric alienation.
Most often, men are phallocentric and have not taken the opportunity to explore their own sexual body.
She examines the origins of phallocentric metaphysics and links it to numerous other debates about free-will, the division of mind and body, dualist vs.
Jones attempts to subvert the white patriarchal system by inverting the power dynamic serve only to reinscribe phallocentric notions of power and control.
His shame at what she might on the other hand perceive as his slimy phallocentric conduct toward her made it easier for him to avoid her, as well.

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