Definition of Sex segregation

1. Noun. The traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded.

Exact synonyms: Purdah
Generic synonyms: Segregation, Separatism

Literary usage of Sex segregation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Woman Voter's Manual by Samuel Eagle Forman, Marjorie Shuler (1918)
"A reproach against them has been their timidity in thinking in the gross. They have so long thought in littles. NO sex segregation IN POLITICS Woman, ..."

2. Urban Change and Poverty by Michael G. H. McGeary, Laurence E. Lynn (1988)
"Bielby, WT, and JN Baron 1984 A woman's place is with other women: sex segregation within organizations. Pp. 27-55 in BF Reskin, ed., sex segregation in the ..."

3. Global Employment: An International Investigation Into the Future of Work by Mihály Simai (1995)
"The sex segregation ... the labour market is very similar in the other Nordic countries: sex segregation ..."

4. The Junior High School by Thomas Henry Briggs (1920)
"It is held by many that sex segregation by classes in early adolescence should be ... Many schools have carried sex segregation by subjects further than is ..."

5. The Junior High School by Thomas Henry Briggs (1920)
"It is held by many that sex segregation by classes in early adolescence should be ... Many schools have carried sex segregation by subjects further than is ..."

6. The Junior High School by Thomas Henry Briggs (1920)
"Many schools have carried sex segregation by subjects further than is usual, ... Of 254 junior high schools reporting, 67 have sex segregation in subjects ..."

7. Women in Scientific Careers: Unleashing the Potential by Oecd, Inc NetLibrary, SourceOECD (Online service) (2006)
"A Cross-national Study of sex segregation in Higher Education", American Sociological Review, 67: 573-599. Charles, M. and DB Grusky (1995), ..."

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