Sex Seks Male Determined Discrimination Differences Sexual Scenes

• how can you tell what sex a fish is?
• a process that allows couples to choose the sex of their baby
• we determined the sex of the birds from their dna.
• please indicate your sex and date of birth below.

sex

1. the state of being male or female
• SYNONYM gender
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/gender
• How can you tell what sex a fish is?
• a process that allows couples to choose the sex of their baby
• We determined the sex of the birds from their DNA.
• Please indicate your sex and date of birth below.
• Levels of infection vary dramatically according to age and sex.
• discrimination on grounds of race or sex
• sex discrimination (= the act of treating men and women differently in an unfair way)
• Testosterone is the male sex hormone.
• In some areas the male : female sex ratio has reached 130 : 100.
• Proving with scientific data that sex differences in behaviour are innate is notoriously controversial.

Extra Examples

• Sex is determined by chromosomal content.
• For a long time I wanted to change my sex.
• She's had a sex change operation.
• The theory predicts sex differences in the brain.
• The word ‘man’ can refer to all humans, irrespective of sex.
• discrimination on grounds of sex
• issues of sex equality in the office
2. either of the two groups that people, animals, and plants are divided into according to their function of producing young
• SEE ALSO fair sex
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/the-fair-sex
• a member of the opposite sex
• people of the same sex
• single-sex schools
• differences between the sexes
• Exam results for both sexes have continued to improve.
• Gibson was the first African American of either sex to play at Wimbledon.
• the battle of the sexes (= the competitive relationship that exists between men and women)
3. physical activity between two people in which they touch each other’s sexual organs, and which may include sexual intercourse
• SEE ALSO safe sex
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/safe-sex
• It is illegal to have sex with a person under the age of 16.
• gay sex
• the sex act
• a footballer involved in a sex scandal
• victims of sex abuse
• sex education in schools
• Amid such poverty, the sex trade has flourished.
• a controversial film containing explicit sex scenes
• a sex shop (= one selling magazines, objects, etc. that are connected with sex)
• These drugs may affect your sex drive (= your interest in sex and the ability to have it).
• The slogan for the hippie generation of the 1960s was sex, drugs and rock and roll.

Extra Examples

• sex between consenting adults
• sex with her husband
• They teach that sex outside of marriage is wrong.
• I have had several sex partners over the years.
• safer sex practices
• Sex sells, the advertisers believe.
• Movies containing scenes of explicit sex are banned.
• He was convicted of having unlawful sex with an underage girl.
• to crack down on international sex trafficking
• He was arrested for sex crimes.
• The film featured graphic scenes of sex and violence.
• It's important to abstain from sex until treatment is completed.
4. having the amount of sexual activity or desire mentioned
• a highly-sexed woman

Word Origin

• late Middle English (denoting the two categories, male and female): from Old French sexe or Latin sexus.