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gendered

American  
[jen-derd] / ˈdʒɛn dərd /

adjective

  1. characteristic of, suited to, or biased toward one gender.

    gendered diapers.


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For more than seven decades, she helped millions strip away the veils of hierarchy, patriarchy and all the stories spun about gendered expectations to confront the actual experience of women’s lives.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

“How come he’s a man, and you’re a—.” Ruthye’s subsequent query is cut off by the plot starting up again, and the gendered difference between the two names is never brought up again.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

Kathy Hochul likes to call herself New York’s first “mom Governor,” so it will be revealing to see whether she signs new legislation to purge gendered language from state family law.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

The theatre website went on to say the play highlights how "we are still grappling with many of the same issues: gendered hypocrisy, slut-shaming, the corrosive danger of misinformation and mob mentality".

From BBC May 13, 2026

And this highlights a theme that runs through almost every Soviet female soldier’s story of the Great Patriotic War: War is gendered, and it is not feminine.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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