Gynocentrism (Greek γυνο, gyno-, "woman", χεντρον, kentron, "center") is the practice, often consciously adopted, of placing female human beings or the female point of view at the center of one's view of the world and its culture and history. The related adjective is gynocentric.
Radical feminism is a branch of feminism that views womens oppression as a fundamental element in human society and seeks to challenge that standard by broadly rejecting standard gender roles.
French feminism (which is a phrase mostly used in English-speaking countries) refers to the work of a group of feminists in France from the 1970s to the early 1990s.
Many feel that while feminists claim to believe in equality of the sexes, the ideology of present-day feminism is inherently gynocentric.
Nor need the dominant androcentrism be replaced with gynocentrism; if minority subcultures practice either they are unlikely to take over human history.
In return though he would be expected to accept gynocentric habits by a female thealogian, or her supportive male colleague.
The trouble is not androcentrism or gynocentrism, but hegemony (Gramsci), the unsaid, taken for granted that exerts overwhelming reality control.
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