gender

gen·der (jen′dər)

noun

Gram.
1. the formal classification by which nouns are grouped and inflected, or changed in form, so as to reflect certain syntactic relationships: pronouns, modifiers, and verbs may also be so inflected: although gender is not a formal feature of English, some nouns and the third person singular pronouns are distinguished according to sex or the lack of sex (Ex.: man or he, masculine gender; woman or she, feminine gender; door or it, neuter gender): in most Indo-European languages, as well as in many others, gender is not necessarily correlated with sex
2. any one of such groupings, or an inflectional form showing membership in such a group
the fact or condition of being a male or a female human being, esp. with regard to how this affects or determines a person's self-image, social status, goals, etc.

Etymology: ME < OFr gendre, with unhistoric -d- < L genus (gen. generis), descent, origin, transl. Gr genos, race, class, sex: see genus

gen·der (jen′dər)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

sex, sexuality, grammatical class; see kind 2, sex 3.

Object

equality: Environmental lawyer Devaki Panini said she had been impressed with the UK's approach to " gender equality " .
discrimination: Measure 5.2 - To research into issues related to gender discrimination in employment such as recruitment, pay, segregation and progression.
bias: Even without tying such conventions to gender bias it is clear that they facilitate certain modes of discourse and frustrate others.

Converse of object

mainstreaming: This book reflects experiences with mainstreaming gender and women's issues in natural resources management.
acquire: The Act will establish a Gender Recognition Panel with the power to decide applications from transsexual people seeking legal recognition in their acquired gender.
import: Words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender.
include: Words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender.

Adjective modifier

masculine: Words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender.
feminine: Words importing the masculine gender only shall include the feminine gender.
mixed: THE CHALLENGES Different needs and speeds: It was difficult teaching mixed gender and mixed ability classes.
racial: The articles in this resource reflect national clinical practice guidelines and are free of racial, gender, or other bias.
female: There's more chance you have WC tickets than having a friend of the female gender.
mainstream: This section of the health system resource guide provides examples and tools to mainstream gender in the delivery of health system delivery.

Modifies a noun

equality: Gender equality ensures that these differences are valued equally.
reassignment: Some species are known to change sex... used for gender reassignment therapy, that is all medical procedures.. .
inequality: Indeed, in some important aspects of modern divorce legislation, there remain serious gender inequalities.
gap: Close the Gap carries out a range of activity designed to encourage positive action to narrow the gender pay gap.
imbalance: Will you outline the positive action opportunities to redress some of the gender imbalances, particularly in employment?
dysphoria: These are the internationally agreed ethical code of practice, which all those involved in gender dysphoria should be aware of.

Present participle complement

stereotype: An example An example of a suitable issue could be: gender stereotyping in teenage magazines.

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