male vs female
Definitions
adjective
- being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation
- for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys
- characteristic of a man
noun
- a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
- an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
Examples
A great deal of the nudge-nudge wink-wink routine by the young upwardly mobile male executives was the usual response to her presence.
A couple of weeks ago, while glassing four female Meneliks bushbuck two hundred yards away feeding in a tiny clearing during a pouring rain, a nice male stepped into view.
One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today.
Definitions
noun
- an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
- a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
adjective
- being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
- for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls
- characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
Examples
A couple of weeks ago, while glassing four female Meneliks bushbuck two hundred yards away feeding in a tiny clearing during a pouring rain, a nice male stepped into view.
One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today.
Interior spaces may also be gendered: the author explores both the activities particular to women, such as needlework or lace-making, and the objects related to female and maternal domesticity.
