gender separation
Dividing by sex
Gender separation is the practice of keeping males and females apart in particular settings or activities.
Schools may have gender separation in dormitories or sports; religious traditions may require it during worship or social gatherings.
The term appears in debates about bathrooms, prisons, and athletic competition: The policy mandates gender separation in locker rooms.
Also called sex segregation.
- segregationForced separation by group
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- divideSeparate into parts
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- binaryConsisting of two parts
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Teaching all genders together
mixed-gender · co-ed · gender-inclusive · mixed schools · desegregation
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