single-sex

[ sing-guhl-seks ]

adjective

1. designated for, pertaining to, or serving only males or only females:

   a single-sex college.

single-sex

adjective

1. (of schools, etc) admitting members of one sex only; not coeducational

Word History and Origins

Origin of single-sex¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

The bill specifically prohibits House members from "using single-sex facilities other than those corresponding to their biological sex."

From Salon

RCS chief executive Sandy Brindley apologised last month after another centre in Edinburgh, which was run by a trans woman, failed to provide single-sex spaces for 16 months.

From BBC

We believe, and women have consistently told us, that single-sex services delivered by an all-female workforce are crucial to help them heal from sexual trauma.

From BBC

As equalities minster, she gained attention by rejecting claims of widespread institutional racism in the UK and fighting to preserve single-sex spaces for women over gender-neutral toilets.

From BBC

Speaking at a hustings event hosted by Friends of the Earth during the campaign, she was asked to respond to reports on rising LGBT+ hate crime, as well as her opinion on single-sex spaces and where the Green party stood on that issue.

From BBC