GENDER

[noun] [specialized or formal] - the physical and/or social condition of being male or female, or (specialized) the grammatical divisions of masculine, feminine and neuter into which nouns, adjectives, etc. are divided in some languagesThere are now various tests which can show the gender of a baby long before it is born. [U]Discrimination on the basis of race, gender, age or disability is not allowed. [U]She has never allowed her gender to restrict her in any way. [U]I think both genders (= sexes) are equally capable of looking after children. [C]In some societies, gender roles are very fixed.(specialized) French has two genders. [C](slang) A gender-bender is a person who wears the clothes and copies the behaviour of the opposite sex.