Idiom
fair sex
Meaning
Women collectively.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He always tries to be polite to the fair sex.”
“In the nineteenth century, it was common for gentlemen to offer their seats to the fair sex on public transport.”
“The author often wrote about the social expectations placed upon the fair sex during that era of rigid gender roles.”
Examples
simple
“He always tries to be polite to the fair sex.”
contextual
“In the nineteenth century, it was common for gentlemen to offer their seats to the fair sex on public transport.”
complex
“The author often wrote about the social expectations placed upon the fair sex during that era of rigid gender roles.”
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