“ The synonym “weaker sex” appears in many thesauruses for terms like woman, lady, and female. It is considered an informal, possibly derogatory, synonym for those words. Due to the way our search technology works, a search for weaker appeared to suggest that it was a synonym for female and lady. This was incorrect and has been fixed.
- Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD., editor and compiler of Roget’s New Millenium Thesaurus.
[again via Jezebel]