Example sentences of "confined to women " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , the benefits of the experimental service were confined to women ( Gibbons 1979 ) . |
| 2 | There is , however , evidence that they can benefit patients ' social and psychological problems , but that these benefits are confined to women and people with problems in their relationships with their partners ( most of whom are women ) . |
| 3 | When we turn to the uterus , not only is it situated in the abdomen , but it is also confined to women ; and even in our enlightened days , it is hedged around with taboos . |
| 4 | Falconry is not a sport confined to women , but on this occasion I felt I had seen the perfect emblem for the ‘ Mistress of the Beasts ’ . |
| 5 | I do not think this experience is confined to women , but it symbolizes something of the quality of the Great Mother , and it shows how we have the ability to conceive and carry to birth on a level other than the physical . |
| 6 | Politically and socially , her contact is confined to women . |
| 7 | But this , even more than the previous example , is not , of course , an attitude confined to women . |
| 8 | Broodiness is not confined to women . |
| 9 | This could well explain the fact that the trend since 1970 towards deferring first births has largely been confined to women with more education ( see Joshi , 1985 ) . |
| 10 | But Russell found that although battered wives were frequently raped as well , rape in marriage was by no means confined to women who were the recipients of other forms of domestic violence . |