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fair sex

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  • noun idiomatic, dated Women collectively.

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  • noun women as a class

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Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. class
  2. social class
  3. socio-economic class
  4. stratum

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  1. weaker vessel

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  • seanahan commented on the word fair sex

    I read a great line once, "women are both the fair sex and the unfair sex".

    July 14, 2008

  • tolland commented on the word fair sex

    Unfair? Depends on your point of view!

    July 14, 2008