Androcide

In the biblical narrative the Massacre of the Innocents, males under the age of two were selected to be executed by the state.

Androcide is a term for the hate crime of systematically killing men, boys, or males in general because of their gender. Not all murders of men are androcides in the same way that not all murders of women are femicides. Androcides often happen during war or genocide. Men and boys are not solely targeted because of abstract or ideological hatred. Rather, male civilians are often targeted during warfare as a way to remove those considered to be potential combatants, and during genocide as a way to destroy the entire community.[1][2]

  1. ^ Jones 2000, p. 199.
  2. ^ Jones 2000, p. 205.