maledom
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editmaledom (uncountable)
- Men considered as a group; mankind.
- 1995, Brian Sutton-Smith, Anthony D. Pellegrini, The future of play theory, page 287:
- There is a gender connotation here also, with the second power rhetoric clearly identified with maledom...
Coordinate terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editmaledom (countable and uncountable, plural maledoms)
- (BDSM, uncountable) male domination, a sexual practice in which men dominate other people.
- (BDSM, countable) A male dominator in sadomasochistic sexual practices.
- 1997, Anthony & Joy Hilbert, “Attention Joy gets (was: Woofie on Trust)”, in alt.personals.bondage (Usenet):
- And these things are better coming from a femsub like her because you so often dismiss criticism from maledoms as proof that they can't take competition.