gender-specific

[jen-der-spi-sif-ik]

adjective

1. for, characteristic of, or limited to either males or females.

   Left-handedness is not gender-specific.

Example Sentences

Though she wasn’t out to her fans or the public during her career, a majority of her songs aren’t gender-specific — leaving room for listeners to interpret themselves.

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He says that the reactions to the film have been fairly gender-specific, with men sighing, “Yeah, it’s not easy losing your hair,” and women “seeing more of the comedy because they see their husband or boyfriend or whatever in it. If some others see more of the tenderness in it, that’s also a good thing.”

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The new law takes out gender-specific terms like man, woman, husband and wife from 70 sections of the Thai Civil Code covering marriage, and replaces them with neutral terms like individual and spouse.

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She pushed young acolytes to envision a career in the department and helped career firefighters develop gender-specific skills, such as using their legs to pull the fire hose instead of relying on upper body strength, as men do.

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For example, it would enable the researchers to see if starting the drugs early improves wellbeing by reducing gender-specific body changes.

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