GENTLE SEX Definition & Meaning

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gentle sex

or gentler sex

noun

Older Use: Sometimes Offensive.

women in general (usually used facetiously):
courtesy toward the gentle sex.

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Sensitive Note

This is a dated term, usually used for humorous effect but sometimes perceived as condescending to women. It makes reference to a stereotype of women’s basic nature, namely that women are gentle in comparison to men.

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Origin of gentle sex¹

First recorded in 1575–85

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Or “Can we experiment with softer, more gentle sex?”

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The scenes of sexual violence feel relevant, raw and true to life, and they are effectively contrasted against scenes of consensual, if rarely gentle, sex.

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"You are the gentle sex," said Lord Karstark, with the lines of grief fresh on his face.

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It is easy to buy into the cultural stereotype of “the gentle sex,” but it simply isn’t true.

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Beechey says Eliza "gives as good as she gets" and triumphs by becoming independent of Higgins, who thought - not having any understanding of the gentle sex - that if he pulled the guttersnipe out of the gutter he could control her, too.

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