gender-baiting

A form of gender baiting — The enforcement of gender norms by disparaging or marginalizing those that violate them.

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Meanings

noungender-baiting (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of gender baiting.

    The fact is, after thirty years of gender-baiting, the party has hit a bump.

    2005, Laura Flanders, Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species, →ISBN, page 12
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    Creon's continuous gender-baiting certainly presented many performance possibilities for the actor.

    1998, Michael X. Zelenak, Gender and Politics in Greek Tragedy, →ISBN, page 78

    And once more a group of women jurors, this time forming a majority with none of the gender-baiting or sexist ignorance that brought the Menendez trials to such hopelessly unresolvable stalemates, presented a verdict that most (white) commentators and citizens considered hopelessly stupid and erroneous.

    2003, Elayne Rapping, Law and Justice as Seen on TV, →ISBN, page 121
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APA

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“gender-baiting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender-baiting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gender-baiting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gender-baiting.

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