What does male chauvinism mean?

In daily life, we often hear people talking about male chauvinism, and many men also feel that male chauvinism is a better term, and often consider themselves male chauvinists. Many people don't know what male chauvinism really means. All male chauvinists think that they play a major role, and they require their family members to completely obey their opinions at home, and they are more authoritarian.

What does male chauvinism mean?

What exactly is male chauvinism? Neither the Modern Chinese Dictionary nor the Cihai dictionary gives a clear definition. From the perspective of folk language, male chauvinists should be a group that is not good at communicating with women, but the specific situation varies from person to person.

Generally speaking, so-called male chauvinism is a theory and a behavior. Unlike "wife-haters", "male chauvinists" believe that men should play an important role in life and wives should be satisfied with their status as men.

Male chauvinism is inseparable from the influence of the thousands of years of feudal ideology of "male superiority and female inferiority" in my country. The common lifestyle of men farming and women weaving created the first batch of male chauvinists: men are the main body of the family and society. Under the productivity level at that time, the power given by God to men was a necessary and sufficient condition for social progress.

Therefore, wives have no choice but to obey their husbands, which is the so-called "three obediences and four virtues". However, male chauvinism is also a word with both advantages and disadvantages, and it has both praise and criticism. The male chauvinism of the new era has eliminated the drawbacks of the old era while maintaining the inherent fortitude and responsibility of men, which is also the praiseworthy aspect of male chauvinists.

1. Disadvantages of male chauvinism

Male chauvinistic men like to impose their own ideas on others. They hope that their family and partners will obey them absolutely. They feel like they are in charge. At home, the man has the final say in everything. The same is true outside. They cannot lose face. Many male chauvinistic men also do not allow their wives to have too many social activities.

This kind of control, dictatorial and arbitrary behavior, not consulting the other party, making decisions alone, being self-righteous, self-centered and not paying attention to the other party's feelings can easily lead to divorce. At the same time, the children will also have resistance to them, causing family disharmony.

The advantages of male chauvinism

The main advantage of male chauvinism is that such men usually have strong self-esteem and self-confidence, possess the typical courage and creativity of men, are good at planning, are decisive and dare to act. They often play an important role in society, work units and families, and bring a sense of security to the people around them.

They can establish a tall and stern father image in front of their children, which has a positive impact on their children's acquired education and can cultivate their independent character.