The critic Elaine Showalter contrived the term 'gynocriticism' for feminist literary theory and criticism.
What would masculininst literary theory and criticism be called? Opposite of 'gyno-' is what I'm looking for I guess.
How about "politically incorrect?"
(more)Seriously, masculist (sorry, but that would be the strictly formed counterpart word form to feminist) commentary could be called androcriticism...
Oxford dictionary
masculinist… n. an advocate of the rights of men. adj. of or relating to the advocacy of the rights of men.
Masculininst was a typo but masculinist, not masculist, is the correct word.
"Andro-" (or "andr-") is a combining form suggesting maleness, and is the "opposite" of "gyno-" which you seek. Unfortunately, since sci-fi has given us "androids," that meaning may be slightly diluted. I seem to remember another one, "hiero-" or something like that, but the precise spelling escapes me.
Nels -
I wasn't disputing the OED, merely pointing out that "feminist" morphs to "masculist". To derive "masculinist" from a female counterpart, that initial word would have to be "femininist". It is not the first nor the last inconsistency in this language.
I have heard many advocates and critics of equality use the word 'femininist' (pronounced 'femininisht') but usually with a little sherry on their lips. Rather than being an inconsistency in language, this is an affront to temperate sensibilities.
re: femininist
perhaps this was shortened to feminist through haplology!
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