Word info

male-dominated

Adjective

Meaning

male-dominated (comparative more male-dominated, superlative most male-dominated)

Where men, as opposed to women, are in control or form the majority.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Moviemaking is so male-dominated now that they think they're being pro-feminine when they have women punching each other out. Pauline Kael

Feminists might identify with me because I'm unapologetic in what they think is a male-dominated world ... no, I guess, what is a male-dominated world. Lucy Lawless

Comedy can be, especially in a writer's room, really aggressive, kind of a very male-dominated room, and it would be hard for women. It's not a nurturing place. It's not like a lot of women are going to say, I can't wait to live that lifestyle and be in a writer's room until 2 or 3 a.m. Ellen DeGeneres

These differences can make it difficult for female musicians to enter male-dominated musical cultures. Holly Kruse

I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated. Madeleine Albright

Grameen Bank was formed as an institution owned by its borrower members, who are poor women. Through its unique decision-making process, Grameen Bank has given millions of women the means to emerge from the shadows in a male-dominated society and to make something of themselves. Muhammad Yunus

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