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227					<h1 class="entry-title">Gynæcocentric Theory (Articles &amp; Essays 1888 to 1930)</h1>				<div class="entry-meta">
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233<p>The importance of Lester F. Ward&#8217;s &#8216;Gynæcocentric Theory,&#8217; presented first as a speech to a group of feminists <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2015/05/15/our-better-halves-1888/">in the year 1888</a>, and subsequently as an essay <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2015/05/06/the-gynaecocentric-theory-by-lester-ward-1903/">in 1903</a>, cannot be overstated. There were numerous writers promoting gynocentric ideology prior to Ward&#8217;s effort, however he was the first to use the term for a complex biological theory that has generated thousands of subsequent academic and newspaper articles promoting female superiority, and likewise many protests against the incoherence of his theory &#8211; including by early men&#8217;s human rights activist Ernest B. Bax (see below). <br /><br />Ward&#8217;s gynocentric theory exerted a major influence on feminist thought, while also circulating in popular culture and in universities where, as <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/06/gynocentric-theory-in-colleges-and-popular-culture-pre-1920/">one account</a> from 1920 reveals:</p>
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238<p style="color: black;">&#8220;While a comparatively small number of people read this theory from the original source, it is still being scattered far and wide in the form of quotations, paraphrases, and interpretations by more popular writers&#8230; College reference shelves are still stocked with books on sex sociology which are totally oblivious of present-day biology. For example, Mrs. Gilman (<em>Man-Made World</em>), Mrs. Hartley (<em>Truth About Woman</em>) and the Nearings (<em>Woman and Social Progress</em>) adhere to Ward’s theory in substantially its primitive form, and not even sociologists like Professor Thomas (<em>
238Sex and Society</em>) have been able to entirely break away from it.&#8221;</p>
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246<p><strong>The following selection of articles directly mention Ward and his gynæcocentric theory.</strong></p>
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250<p>&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2015/05/15/our-better-halves-1888/">Our Better Halves, by Lester F. Ward (1888)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2023/08/09/the-real-woman-problem-raising-women-up-1888/">The Real Woman Problem: Raising Women Up (1888)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2023/08/09/gynaecocentrism-and-the-call-to-elevate-women/">Lester Ward&#8217;s Call To Elevate Women (1888)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2023/08/09/a-new-defense-of-woman-1888/">A New Defense Of Woman (1888)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2023/08/09/science-and-our-better-halves/">Science and “Our Better Halves” (1888)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2023/08/09/lester-ward-and-sex-supremacy-1888/">Lester Ward and Sex Supremacy (1888)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2023/08/09/professor-ward-on-womens-superiority-1889/">Professor Ward On Women&#8217;s Superiority (1889)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2015/05/06/the-gynaecocentric-theory-by-lester-ward-1903/">The Gynæcocentric Theory, by Lester F. Ward (1903)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/04/02/gynaecocentricity-poem-published-in-1903/">‘Gynæcocentricity’ Poem from the London Punch (1903)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2023/08/09/wards-gynaecocentrism-theory-marxism/">Lester Ward’s Gynæcocentrism Theory &amp; Marxism (post 1903)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/10/the-evolution-of-sex-according-to-lester-f-ward-1909/">The Evolution of Sex According to Lester F. Ward (1909)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/07/the-future-of-women-article-1909/">The Future of Women &#8211; by D. M. N. (1909)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/08/ernest-b-bax-responds-to-lester-wards-gynocentric-theory/">Ernest B. Bax Responds to Lester Ward’s ‘Gynocentric Theory’ (1909)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/08/the-evolution-of-sex-a-protest-against-lester-wards-gynaecocentric-theory-1909/">“The Evolution of Sex” – A Protest Against Ward’s Gynæcocentric Theory (1909)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/12/the-book-of-womens-power-edited-by-ida-m-tarbell-1911/">The Book of Women&#8217;s Power &#8211; edited by Ida M. Tarbell (1911)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/12/woman-and-gynaecocentric-social-progress-by-s-nearing-1912/">Woman and Gynæcocentric Social Progress – by S. Nearing (1912)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/10/ernest-b-bax-examining-lester-wards-gynoecocentric-theory-fallacy-1913/">Ernest B. Bax: Examines Lester Ward’s ‘Gynœcocentric Theory’ Fallacy (1913)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/12/some-biological-aspects-of-feminism-by-r-e-ryan-1914/">Some Biological Aspects of Feminism – by R.E. Ryan (1914)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2023/08/25/the-influence-of-gynaecocentric-theory-on-feminist-thought-by-correa-moylan-walsh-1917/">The Influence of Gynaecocentric Theory On Feminism – by C. M. Walsh (1917)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/08/race-motherhood-is-women-a-superior-race-by-dora-b-montefiore-1920/">Race Motherhood: Is Woman The Original Human Race? – by D. Montefiore (1920)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/08/1920-book-review-of-race-motherhood/">Book Review of D. Montefiore&#8217;s ‘Race Motherhood’ by D. M. N (1920)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/06/gynocentric-theory-in-colleges-and-popular-culture-pre-1920/">‘Gynocentric Theory’ in Colleges and Popular Culture, by M. M. Knight <em>et.al</em> (1920)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2023/08/24/foundations-of-feminism-by-avrom-barnett-1921/">The Foundations Of Feminism – by Avrom Barnett (1921)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2025/09/29/a-history-of-gynocentrisms-journey-into-china/">A History Of Gynocentrism’s Journey Into China (1921-1922)</a><br />&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2022/08/11/the-lure-of-superiority-gynaecocentric-feminism-by-w-f-vaughan-1928/">The Lure of Superiority: ‘Gynæcocentric Feminism’ by W.F. Vaughan (1928)</a></p>
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256<p><strong>Contemporary articles deconstructing gynocentric theories:</strong></p>
257<p>&#8211; <a href="https://gynocentrism.com/2023/05/08/gynocentrism-in-china-by-ping-zhu/">
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