gender-specific
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times
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.”
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From BBC
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.
From Los Angeles Times
For example, it would enable the researchers to see if starting the drugs early improves wellbeing by reducing gender-specific body changes.
From BBC
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