Gender is that word by which male or female or both or none is indicated.

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Gender is of four kinds-

1. Masculine Gender

2. Feminine Gender

3. Common Gender

4. Neuter Gender

Masculine Gender:

Masculine Gender indicates only males.

For example: Father, Boy, Brother, Ox, Cock and Lion

Feminine Gender:

Feminine Gender indicates only females.

For example: Mother, Girl, Sister, Hen and Lioness

Common Gender

Common Gender indicates both males and females.

For example: Friend, Baby, Teacher, Doctor and Student

Neuter Gender

Neuter Gender indicates neither males nor females.

For example: Pen, Table, Chair, House and Garden

Find out masculine and common genders from the passage

Dear Mita Apa, I am a first year college student and my annual exams are close at hand. I need to study a lot. However, conditions in my house are not at all favourable. My elder sister got married last month and since then her share of the household chores has fallen on my shoulders. On top of that, my aunt (my father's sister) has just had a new baby boy. He screams all the time and keeps everyone up late into the night. He keeps Auntie so busy that she cannot help with any of the housework. So Mother now relies a lot on me and so do my grandparents. It seems that I am at everybody's beck and call. The house hasn't yet shed its festive look, which started with my sister's marriage. Since auntie's baby was born, we have had streams of guests visiting the house. I’m really worried about my coming exams. There's so much noise and confusion in a house that I can hardly concentrate on my studies. You can't imagine how difficult it is to study in a large family. I even have to share my room with my younger brothers and sisters and, at times, with my cousins. I wish I were in a small family. Tell me, what should I do? Nazneen Aminpur,Sirajganj. English for Today

Find out neuter genders from the passage

Dear Mita Apa, I read Nazneen's letter published in your column on 5th January. I can understand Nazneen's problems about living in a large family, but things are not always rosy in a small family either, as Nazneen seems to think. It appears the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. From my experience, I know how awfully boring life can be in a nuclear family. I'm also a college student like Nazneen. I've a room of my own, and a lot of time to myself. But still I'm not happy. My parents are always busy with their work. My only brother goes to university in the morning and comes back late in the evening. Everybody is too tired to talk when they get back. Also, when at home they are busy with their own work. So the house is often much too quiet. I can't visit my friends even when I wish to, because it's not safe for girls to move about alone in the city. I often feel very lonely and bored. I envy Nazneen. I wish I could live like her with grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins. I hope Nazneen realises that having a small family does not necessarily make one happy. Zinnia Rajabazar,Dhaka.

Find out only masculine genders from the passage

Let me first introduce my beautiful country to you. It is in south-east Asia, a neighbour of yours, in fact. We gained independence from Britain in 1948. In 1989, the name of our country was changed from Burma to Myanmar, the traditional name. Almost all of us speak the Myanmar language. There are a number of tribal languages, too. Many of us speak English as well. We are mainly Buddhists but don't be surprised to hear that I also have Christian, Hindu and Muslim friends. The national dress, for both men and women, is the longyi, a long tightly wrapped skirt worn from the waist to the ankles. Women wear blouses and longyi which are of bright colours and patterns. Men wear shirts and longyis with checks and patterns. You can differentiate whether the longies are for women or men from their patterns and designs. I live in our capital, Yangoon, which was formerly known as Rangoon. It is famous for its many pagodas which are the Buddhist prayer houses. Like most city-dwellers, we live in a concrete house. My father works for the government. My uncles from both my parents’ side live in villages and work on farmlands. We have close ties with them and visit them during the holidays. I'm proud to let you know that women in my country have more rights than many other Asian women. In most families, the mother manages the finances and runs the household.

Find out only feminine genders from the passage

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The present age is marked not only by the importance of the family as an economic and welfare institution but also by its increasing importance as an arrangement for socializing and raising children and for the psychological support of adults. There has been a wide disintegration of large kin groups and an intensification of relationships within the nuclear family. Moreover, the world is seeing an increasing association of women with earning and with out-of-home activities. In the pre-industrial feudal society, both husbands and wives worked together in the fields and outside the home. However, in the industrial period, women were segregated from out-of-home productive work. The hearth became the place for them; so cooking, cleaning, washing, giving birth and rearing children became their jobs. Men became the wage earners and all other outdoor activities became their responsibility. In the post-war period, women started joining the workforce and contributing to family income and thus started exercising an influence on family affairs. Previously, authority in the family rested on the husband who was the decision maker in all matters. But women, with their economic power, started influencing decisions about important family matters. In developed countries now, household work is shared by both husbands and wives and outdoor activities like shopping and taking children to school, to doctors or for recreation are done equally by both husbands and wives. Large extended families have given, and are still giving place to small, nuclear families. Even in developing countries, with the process of industrialization and urbanization, extended families are breaking down. Kinship is declining. In the west, marriages now often break up. So, the number of single-mother or single-father families is ever on the increase. The psychological problems of children in such families are also increasing in modern times.