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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
gender-specific
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Try to avoid gender-specific language such as "mankind," which seems to refer only to men.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Being unemployed has all the social, psychological and moral effects characteristic of men but with additional gender-specific dynamics.
▪ Between you, two sets of speculations unfurl, speculations that correspond to gender-specific concerns.
▪ However, the concern was gender-specific, focusing on men and appearing unnecessary or irrelevant for women.
▪ Psychoanalysts influenced by feminism may try to develop methods sensitive to gender-specific experiences.
▪ Second, the law is gender-specific, singling out women for more lenient treatment.
▪ The point is that the differences and similarities are not necessarily mutually exclusive; rather, they both raise gender-specific issues.
▪ The quest for greater knowledge was underpinned by a highly gender-specific discourse on sexuality.