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AndrocentrismWhen I started to think about what to write for this paper I wanted to turn back more about androcentrism. Well, I guess I know what it means, but I wanted to see what it means to other people. In Random stick out Websters Unabridged Dictionary 2nd Edition the definition for androcentric is centered on emphasizing, or dominated by males or masculine interests. Then I went online and mostly the same definition. The only definition that I found that said anything about women was at http//dictionary.reference .com. It read centered or focused on men, oft to the neglect or exclusion of women. I started to wonder what religious dictionarys thought of androcentrism. So I looked up some religious dictionaries. later about 10 of them I gave up because I came empty handed. Its like they didnt believe it existed. But, to my surprise I did find a definition to androgyny in a few of them. And lets not forget my personal definition Men are better than women. Although I do not th ink this is true, that is just how I see androcentrism. Now I am going to talk about the levels of androcentrism that make the study of religions difficult. I am going to refer a lot to the book Feminism and Religion by Rita M. Gross. The first level of andrcentrism is the history. As in the study of contemporary religions, legion(predicate) conventional historians are most interested in those who wielded power, which means that not only women, but other disempowered groups hav...