the fair sex
noun🔊/ðə ˌfeə ˈseks/
🔊/ðə ˌfer ˈseks/
(also the fairer sex)
[singular + singular or plural verb] (old-fashioned or humorous)a way of referring to women as a group 女性；妇女 The belief that women, as the fair sex, are not capable of understanding finance, is thankfully disappearing. 令人信服的是，妇女作为一种公平的性别，不具备理财能力的信念正在消失。