male pattern violence

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Apparently modelled on male pattern baldness.

Noun[edit]

male pattern violence (uncountable)

  1. (feminism) Violent behavior thought to be characteristic of men.
    • 2011, Derrick Jensen, Aric McBay, Lierre Keith, Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet:
      As civilization collapses, we will see an increase in male-pattern violence. We will see an increase in violence against those who resist. We will see an increase in violence against people of color.
    • 2019, Martin Gitlin, Sexual Consent, page 86:
      As feminists have known for years: the issue is male-pattern violence, and sexual assault is only one facet of this violence which keeps women in a subservient class to men.