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Article Evaluation: "Gynocentrism"

Everything in the article seems relevant to the topic for the most part. It’s hard to say however how relevant any of it really is due to the fact that a lot of it seems like someone’s opinion, but overall the majority of the points being made do have to do with the subject matter. The article is definitely not neutral, at the top of the page Wikipedia even has a warning stating that the neutrality of the article is being disputed. A good example of this is the quote “American social life seems to me gynocentric. It is arranged with a view to the convenience and delight of women. Men come in where and how they can.” I think the viewpoint of a woman’s perspective is lacking, just reading through this article its blatantly obvious that it is written by a man that I feel is against feminist women, so it’s written very radically, as this is very well expressed though the previous example. The majority of the citations for the article belong to books, but one of the links that was an online source didn’t work and the one that did, was comparable to a blog post and wasn’t at all a factual scholarly article. In fact, a lot of the points made in this article I wouldn’t consider to be factual, but in the Etymology section where it explains the Latin origins are reliable, as they are Latin dictionary definitions. But as far as 75% of the article goes it is really biased, but not noted by the author. At the top of the article Wikipedia does note that the article possibly contains original research. The last edit made on this page was made in 2015, in my opinion that is close enough to February of 2018 for the information to stand correct. This is a particularly short and brief article so there is a lot of information that could possibly be added such as more in depth explanation of the origin, and just how it is applicable in society, or even simply just an opposing viewpoint to the one it’s currently written in would add to the article. On the talk page, most of the conversations have to do with people questioning the validity of the article because it’s considered a theoretical subject. Many people are also discussing the fact that this article isn’t written in a neutral way and doesn’t have the best sources. The article is graded as a C, but I don’t think it deserves that high of a grade. It is also part of a couple WikiProjects which includes Sociology, Gender Studies, Feminism, Men’s Issues, and Women’s History.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynocentrism