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fair sex

noun as in (offensive) female sex

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Particularly jarring is his chapter titled “A Question of Sex,” which is introduced like this: “Only recently has a quiet revolution granted the fair sex a fairer status.”

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She also tried to ignore the condescending remarks by TASS, the government news agency, about her being of the fair sex.

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The fine weather ensured that “many of the fair sex” were on hand for the game, as the Montgomery Advertiser reported.

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“I used to think my old friend here was immune to the charms of the fair sex,” said Hallgrimsson.

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Moreover he believed that if the fair sex insisted on eating oranges or mangoes, they should at least do so in the privacy of their own bathrooms.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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