weaker sex

Noun

Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see weaker,‎ sex.

(now offensive) Women; the female gender.

Examples

Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex. Jerry Rubin

To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. Mahatma Gandhi

Men are actually the weaker sex. George Weinberg

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