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gender-specific

The definition of gender-specific is something intended for only one sex (either male or female).

(adjective)

A job that can only be done by a woman is an example of a job that is gender-specific.

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See gender-specific in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of or limited to either males or females: eye and hair color are not gender-specific

See gender-specific in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Of, for, or associated with persons of one gender to the exclusion of the other: gender-specific health care; gender-specific behavior.

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