Meanings
- offensiveWomen; the female gender.
For a man raised since birth to be strong, resolute, spare with words, and never to bow to the weepings and handwringings of the weaker sex, he had poured out his heart in that letter.
2013, Peter McAra, A World Apart, page 141 more example
"There's always a reason behind a lie. People can be very good at lying. Women can be especially good at it because they're the weaker sex and we, that's what the books say, and we want to protect them and not have anyone take advantage of them. At least I do," Farese said during closing statements Wednesday.
2017 April 22, “Attorney in Tennessee Rape Trial Says Women are Good Liars Because ‘They’re the Weaker Sex’”, in KTLA5
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 女性, 婦道人家 /妇道人家
- 女性 (nǚxìng)women regarded collectively
- 婦道人家 /妇道人家 (fùdao rénjia)women regarded collectively
Danish det svage køn
- det svage kønwomen regarded collectively
Dutch zwakke geslacht
- zwakke geslachtwomen regarded collectively
Finnish heikompi astia
- heikompi astiawomen regarded collectively
French sexe faible
- sexe faiblewomen regarded collectively
German schwaches Geschlecht
- schwaches Geschlechtwomen regarded collectively
Hungarian gyengébb nem, gyengébbik nem
- gyengébb nemwomen regarded collectively
- gyengébbik nemwomen regarded collectively
Italian sesso debole
- sesso debolewomen regarded collectively
Norwegian Bokmål det svake kjønn
- det svake kjønnwomen regarded collectively
Polish płeć piękna, słaba płeć
- płeć pięknawomen regarded collectively
- słaba płećwomen regarded collectively
Portuguese sexo frágil, sexo fraco
- sexo frágilwomen regarded collectively
- sexo fracowomen regarded collectively
- belo sexowomen regarded collectively
Romanian sexul slab
- sexul slabwomen regarded collectively
Russian сла́бый пол
- сла́бый пол (slábyj pol)women regarded collectively
Spanish sexo débil
- sexo débilwomen regarded collectively
Urdu صِنفِ نازُک
- صِنفِ نازُک (sinf-i nāzuk)women regarded collectively
Cite this entry
weaker sex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaker%20sex
“weaker sex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaker%20sex. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weaker sex,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weaker%20sex.
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