gender-specific

adjective

: referring only to males or only to females
gender-specific language

Examples of gender-specific in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Females were also in demand for their gender-specific domestic skills. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024 As a disclaimer, De Roussy De Sales’ piece is gender-specific and attributed certain characteristics solely to women and others to men. Renée Onque, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2024 Why, then, create a spurious gender-specific title? Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 19 July 2024 June 15, 2023 Joseph Bobadilla/Unsplash Flight attendant uniforms now offer employees more choice and flexibility in their appearance, as airlines continue to step away from the tradition of requiring gender-specific styles. Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 June 2023 Why women that identify as neurodivergent are being overlooked According to the Australian Psychological Society, stereotypes are partly to blame for gender-specific diagnostic gaps. Karyn Twaronite, Fortune, 20 May 2024 Those new to Ayurveda should know that this is a gender-specific system with separate areas for men and women. Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2024 In the fall, Texas enacted a law ending a tax on period products as well as other gender-specific products like breastfeeding devices and maternity clothes. The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024 There’s much to celebrate about the 2024 Grammys, including its focus on female performers — something that wouldn’t have seemed possible as recently as 2011, when the Grammys still had gender-specific awards. Maria Sherman, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2024

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“Gender-specific.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gender-specific. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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