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gender-specific

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, for, or associated with persons of one gender to the exclusion of the other.

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Examples

  • … Sex differences in toy preferences in children are marked, with boys expressing stronger and more rigid toy preferences than girls … gender-specific toys are thought to be the primary force shaping sex differences in toy preference.

    Motorcycle Daydream « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • That surrender of self-interest to a pure transcendent principle brings a whole new meaning to the term "immaculate conception" -- one that's not gender-specific.

    Susan J. Cobb: The Inner Virgin Comes Out In Revolution Susan J. Cobb 2011

  • What happens then if an awareness of the US meaning causes those from the UK to avoid this potentially incendiary term in a reluctance to cause offense, if a recognition of that gender-specific use becomes an acceptance of that gender-specific use which becomes an assumption of that gender-specific use?

    Archive 2009-01-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • John suggests that there is some rationale for gender-specific classrooms and that at a minimum, we don't feed stereotypes.

    Tom Vander Ark: Brain Rules Schools Tom Vander Ark 2011

  • Is it possible, in other words, that an acknowledgement of the US liberal taboo attached to the misogyny of the term could become a mechanism by which the gender-specific meaning usurped the gender-neutral one in UK English?

    Archive 2009-01-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • Good governance is good governance and it shouldn't be gender-specific.

    Women still face a glass ceiling 2011

  • One commenter has described poor communication: This is a problem for everyone, it's not necessarily gender-specific.

    Encouraging the Participation of Female Students in STEM fields - the Congressional Hearings Peggy 2009

  • You will have the guys (and when I use “guys” I use it in the non gender-specific way, referring to a group of people) who are into body building.

    Training the Monkeys: Gym Etiquette « Colleen Anderson 2009

  • Current and future research should continue to report gender-specific results so we can see if the benefits and risks of the treatment are similar in men and women and report them in future guidelines, Dolor says.

    'Real world' advice increases awareness of heart disease in women 2011

  • John suggests that there is some rationale for gender-specific classrooms and that at a minimum, we don't feed stereotypes.

    Tom Vander Ark: Brain Rules Schools Tom Vander Ark 2011

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