Male-dominated

A word radical feminists use to describe anything >50.0000000000000001% male to instantly suggest patriarchy and oppression, despite completely ignoring the fact that women could be simply disinterested.

Feminist: Uhh, the internet is so male-dominated.
Me: Well did you know women have different interests.
Feminist: NOOO!

Male-dominated by PseudonymsAreGay May 4, 2024

Scientific Domination

Using institutional science as the sole arbiter of truth, dismissing all other knowledge systems as illegitimate. Often involves appeals to “peer review” or “consensus” to shut down questions about bias or funding.

Empirical Domination
Claiming that only observable, measurable data counts as real knowledge. Rejects inner experiences, systemic patterns, or qualitative nuance as unscientific.
Example: “You can’t prove trauma with a ruler, so it doesn’t exist.”

Scientific Domination Example: “Your ancestral farming knowledge is anecdotal; our lab study says otherwise.”

Epistemological Domination
Imposing one culture’s criteria for justified belief onto everyone else. What counts as evidence, reason, or proof is decided by the dominant group, making alternative ways of knowing invisible.
Example: A court rejecting oral tradition because it’s not written down.

Methodological Domination
Elevating a single research method (e.g., RCTs, statistics) as the only valid approach, while ridiculing interviews, case studies, or participatory observation as unscientific.
Example: “You didn’t use a control group? Then your data means nothing.”

Logical Domination
Using formal logic as a weapon to invalidate non-linear, metaphorical, or dialectical thinking. Assumes Aristotelian logic is universal, ignoring that other reasoning systems exist.
Example: “Your argument contains a contradiction, therefore everything you feel is false.”

Rational Domination
Reducing all decision-making to instrumental cost-benefit analysis, treating efficiency as the highest good. Dismisses ethical, emotional, or aesthetic reasoning as irrational noise.
Example: Firing 500 workers is rational because stock price went up.

Scientific Domination by Abzugal April 8, 2026

Formal Domination

A critical concept describing how formal systems—mathematics, logic, structured procedures—are used to establish and maintain social, political, and intellectual authority. Formal domination operates when rules, algorithms, or bureaucratic forms are presented as neutral and universal, while actually embedding the interests and perspectives of dominant groups. It turns contingent human choices into “objective” requirements: the form says you must fill this box, follow this procedure, meet this standard—and to question the form is to be irrational. Formal domination explains why marginalized communities often struggle with institutions that claim to be purely procedural; the procedures were never designed with them in mind.

Example: “The job application required a ‘standardized’ test that had been validated only on middle‑class white samples. Formal domination: using the appearance of neutrality to reproduce inequality.”

Formal Domination by Abzugal May 22, 2026

Reality Domination

The imposition of a particular version of reality as the only legitimate one, often backed by scientific or institutional authority. Reality domination silences alternative perspectives by declaring them “unreal,” “imaginary,” or “delusional.” It is the power to define the real, and through that definition, to exclude, pathologise, or punish those who live in different realities. This domination is most visible in colonial contexts, where indigenous worldviews were erased in favour of Western reality, but it operates anywhere that dominant institutions control the narrative of what is real.

Example: “The court refused to acknowledge the tribe’s spiritual connection to the land, declaring it ‘not real property.’ Reality domination: one reality legally annihilating another.”

Evidence Domination

The power to determine what counts as evidence, how evidence must be presented, and who is considered a credible evidential source. Evidence domination operates through hierarchies: randomised trials trump qualitative reports, written documents trump oral testimony, expert testimony trumps lay experience. Those who cannot produce evidence in the required form are dismissed, regardless of the truth of their claims. This domination is a central mechanism of epistemic injustice, silencing marginalized groups who do not have access to dominant evidentiary channels.

Example: “The asylum seeker’s story was dismissed as ‘uncorroborated’ because she had no written documents from a war zone. Evidence domination: demanding impossible proof to deny refuge.”

Reality Domination by Abzugal May 22, 2026

Demarcation Domination

The power to draw and enforce boundaries between “science” and “non‑science,” “knowledge” and “belief,” “rational” and “irrational.” Those who control the demarcation criteria control which fields receive funding, which voices are heard in public debate, and which worldviews are pathologised. Demarcation domination is often wielded by institutional science against alternative medicine, indigenous knowledge, or critical social science. It is a form of epistemic gatekeeping that preserves the authority of dominant paradigms.

Example: “The funding agency refused to consider research on traditional healing because it fell outside their demarcation of ‘biomedical science.’ Demarcation domination: cutting off whole domains of inquiry.”

Science Domination

The broad exercise of power through science as a social institution: its authority to define truth, its influence on policy, its control over funding and publication, and its ability to marginalise non‑scientific ways of knowing. Science domination is not conspiracy but structure: scientific experts hold privileged positions in government, media, and education, and their claims are rarely questioned by the public. This domination can be benign (e.g., public health) but also oppressive (e.g., eugenics, race science). Understanding science domination is crucial for democratic oversight.

Example: “Economists, not citizens, set the parameters of national budgets. Science domination: expert authority replacing democratic deliberation.”

Demarcation Domination by Abzugal May 22, 2026

Statistical Domination

The exercise of power through statistical norms and metrics. Statistical domination occurs when statistical standards (e.g., p‑values, confidence intervals, average effects) are imposed as universal benchmarks, marginalising those who cannot meet them or whose experiences are not captured by aggregate numbers. It is a form of formal domination where the statistician or data scientist holds authority over the subject, whose messy reality must be forced into statistical categories. This domination hides behind objectivity: “the numbers don’t lie” – but the numbers are always someone’s numbers.

Example: “The hospital’s patient satisfaction surveys were used to punish doctors who served complex, non‑English‑speaking populations. Statistical domination: numbers used to enforce compliance, not care.”

Data Domination

The control exerted by those who collect, store, analyse, and interpret data over those who are the subjects of that data. Data domination includes surveillance capitalism, algorithmic management, and the power to define what counts as a “data point.” It operates through asymmetry: the data‑rich dominate the data‑poor, and those who can analyse data dominate those who cannot. Data domination is reinforced by the Data Guillotine, which makes the data seem neutral while obscuring the power relations embedded in its collection and use.

Example: “Workers had no access to their own performance scores, but those scores determined their shifts. Data domination: using information as a lever of control.”

Statistical Domination by Abzugal May 22, 2026

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