male-dominated society

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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Littleness, smoothness, and delicacy are specifically mentioned among these qualities: ones associated with femininity, and inducing a sense of pleasure and affectionate superiority in amale-dominatedsociety.
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They have both made remarkable strides for women in amale-dominatedsocietyand contributed enormously to the way that it behaves towards women.
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Those are the old assumptions of an out-of-date, out-of-touchmale-dominatedsociety.
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Of course violence against women is a wall of shame in ourmale-dominatedsocietyand action must be taken at an individual, collective and institutional level to eradicate it.
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The story recounts the struggles to maintain her independence in amale-dominatedsociety.
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She also used her study as a way to evaluate the role of women in the southernmale-dominatedsociety.
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It has also provided them with a degree of autonomy in a traditionallymale-dominatedsocietyand has helped many become more aware of their rights.
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Can she make a difference in amale-dominatedsociety?
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In addition, the film has received widespread praise for portraying women as powerful, contributing something unique to a typicallymale-dominatedsociety.
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