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male pattern violence en · NOUN

Etymology

Apparently modelled on male pattern baldness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Violent behavior thought to be characteristic of men.
   • 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. 2011, Derrick Jensen, Aric McBay, Lierre Keith, Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet:
   • 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. 2019, Martin Gitlin, Sexual Consent, page 86:

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