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AndrocentrismWhen I started to think just about what to write for this paper I wanted to learn more about androcentrism. Well, I guess I know what it means, but I wanted to see what it means to separate people. In Random House Websters Unabridged Dictionary second Edition the comment for androcentric is centered on emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests. Then I went online and mostly the same definition. The lonesome(prenominal) definition that I found that said anything about women was at http//dictionary.reference .com. It ingest centered or focused on men, often to the neglect or exclusion of women. I started to wonder what religious dictionarys approximation of androcentrism. So I looked up some religious dictionaries. After about 10 of them I gave up because I came empty handed. Its the like they didnt believe it existed. But, to my surprise I did find a definition to androgyny in a few of them. And lets non forget my personal definition Men are bette r than women. Although I do not think this is true, that is just how I see androcentrism. instanter I am going to talk about the levels of androcentrism that make the select of religions difficult. I am going to refer a lot to the allow Feminism and Religion by Rita M. Gross. The first level of andrcentrism is the history. As in the study of contemporary religions, many conventional historians are most concerned in those who wielded power, which means that not only women, but other disempowered groups hav...