fair sex
Example Sentences
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Moreover he believed that if the fair sex insisted on eating oranges or mangoes, they should at least do so in the privacy of their own bathrooms.
From BBC
Wahhabi imams often denounce the West’s exploitation of the fair sex in adverts.
From Economist
On his website, Degtyaryov explained that during women’s periods, “the pain for the fair sex is often so intense that it is necessary to call an ambulance.”
From BusinessWeek
And there, in just the first paragraph, he’s brushed off women’s history and reduced a whole gender to “the fair sex” cliché.
From Salon
The masculine bearers of fashionable architecture counter the decorative arts of the fair sex.
From New York Times
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