male pattern violence

See also: male-pattern violence

English

Etymology

Apparently modelled on male pattern baldness.

Noun

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.