gender

Example Sentences

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Burden’s marriage began to settle into the traditional gender roles of homemaker and breadwinner, despite the fact that it was Burden who had financed their lifestyle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The state law explicitly permits, however, providing “assistance to a person undergoing gender transition.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Almost 30 states have curbed or outlawed “therapy” that seeks to change minors’ sexual orientation or gender identity—that is, to make them stop being gay, bisexual, or transgender.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Demographers are skeptical that subsidies can move the needle much against forces like high education costs, job insecurity, delayed marriage, and shifting gender norms.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

In performance, there is a great deal of gender bending or borrowing that can occur.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin