verb
- to assign or attribute gender to something; to make something gendered or gender-specific
Usage: third-person singular present tense of 'genderize'; often used in academic or social contexts
Examples
- The toy industry genderizes products by using pink for girls and blue for boys.
- Language can genderize nouns in ways that reinforce stereotypes.
- Marketing campaigns often genderize clothing and accessories unnecessarily.
- The school genderizes sports teams by separating them into boys' and girls' divisions.
- Society genderizes certain professions, expecting nurses to be female and engineers to be male.