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Similarly, several experts that spoke to Teen Vogue expressed frustration about the lack of attention paid to climate change's gendered implications. — Mélissa Godin, Teen Vogue, "Climate Change Is Creating a New Atmosphere of Gender Inequality for Women in Malawi," 20 Dec. 2018 But, thanks to the gendered nature of tennis match-ups, the two legends have never played each other. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "Serena Williams Will Face Off Against Roger Federer Tomorrow in a Highly Anticipated Match," 31 Dec. 2018 As Lewis writes: These influencers are adopting identity signals affiliated with previous countercultures, but the actual content of their arguments seeks to reinforce dominant cultural racial and gendered hierarchies. — Ezra Klein, Vox, "The rise of YouTube’s reactionary right," 24 Sep. 2018 Humble Hearts clarified to me that the studio sees its avatar as female, internally, but some cut features mean they are never identified with gendered pronouns in-game. — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, "Never Stop Sneakin’ is a brilliant send-up of ’90s stealth games," 12 July 2018 Canadian senator Frances Lankin told the Guardian that this has been in the works for over three decades — the House of Commons has already seen 12 different bills introduced to change the gendered language of the English version of the song. — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, "Canada’s National Anthem Is Officially Becoming Gender Neutral," 1 Feb. 2018 If the show is purposefully trying to explore how Ruth keeps falling into gendered traps, there’s value to that story—especially if its gentle rendering indicates how insidious these complexes can be. — Sonia Saraiya, HWD, "Marc Maron Is Great in GLOW, and Maybe That’s a Problem," 29 June 2018 Plaza insisted that Lenny's original, somewhat gendered dialogue—smarmy, crass, with a barstool intellectual's love of old-timey vocab—be kept in tact. — Nojan Aminosharei, Marie Claire, "Aubrey Plaza Was Never April Ludgate," 13 June 2018 But sometimes broader society, and its gendered expectations, prevents that. — Tre'vell Anderson, latimes.com, "The real-life lessons to be learned from 'A Kid Like Jake'," 6 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gendered.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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