feminine gender

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• feminine gender —    the vagina    Oddly, in languages where it is declined, it is usually male, as for example con or cunnus:     She went in to adjust her suspender. It got caught up in her feminine gender. (old vulgar song) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• feminine gender — female form of a word (Grammar) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Gender-neutrality in languages with grammatical gender — implies promoting language usage which is balanced in its treatment of the genders. For example, advocates of gender neutral language challenge the traditional use of masculine nouns and pronouns ( man , businessman , he , and so on) when… …   Wikipedia

• Gender-neutrality in genderless languages — is typically achieved by using gender inclusive words ( human being , person , businessperson , and so on) instead of gender specific ones ( man , he , businessman , etc.) when one speaks of people whose gender is unknown, ambiguous, or… …   Wikipedia

• Gender performativity — is a term created by feminist philosopher Judith Butler in her 1990 book Gender Trouble. In it, Butler characterizes gender as the effect of reiterated acting, one that produces the effect of a static or normal gender while obscuring the… …   Wikipedia

• Gender bender — is an informal term used to refer to a person who actively transgresses, or bends, expected gender roles. Boy George is called a gender bender because of his tendency to wear make up and clothes perceived as feminine.Gender bending is a form of… …   Wikipedia

• feminine — [fem′ə nin] adj. [ME < OFr < L femininus < femina, woman] 1. female; of women or girls 2. having qualities regarded as characteristic of women and girls, as gentleness, weakness, delicacy, or modesty 3. suitable to or characteristic of a …   English World dictionary

• gender — gender1 [jen′dər] n. [ME < OFr gendre, with unhistoric d < L genus (gen. generis), descent, origin, transl. Gr genos, race, class, sex: see GENUS] 1. Gram. a) the formal classification by which nouns are grouped and inflected, or changed in …   English World dictionary

• gender — [n] grammatical rules applying to nouns that connote sex or animateness common, feminine, gender specific, masculine, neuter; concept 408 …   New thesaurus

• Gender role — During World War II, women performed roles some of which would otherwise have been considered male jobs …   Wikipedia

• Gender — This article is about the distinction between male and female entities and concepts. For other uses, see Gender (disambiguation). Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men …   Wikipedia