play the gender card

Meaning: (idiomatic,oftenderogatory)To assert thatsexismis involved in a situation, especially in order toexploitsexistorantisexistattitudes.2003, 01:04:56 from the start, inFinding Nemo, spoken by Marlin (Albert Brooks):Oh, I don't wannaplay the gender cardcard right now. You wanna play a card? Let's play the "let's not die" card.2008January 8,Gloria Steinem, “Women Are Never Front-Runners”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:What worries me is that she is accused of "playing the gender card" when citing theold boys’ club, while he is seen as unifying by citing civil rights confrontations.2010, Robert Fedorchek,The Translators: A Novel, Bloomington:iUniverse,→ISBN,page463:[…]the CAS was going to lose two of its best teachers; tolerate a mediocre one who had skillfullyplayed the gender cardby hiding behind her pregnancy; and retain an ineffective one.2013June 19, “Did someone play their gender card at you? Poor baby.”, inWe, the Intelligentsia, …‎[2], archived fromthe originalon29 March 2014:How can you tell the difference between someoneplaying the gender cardand someone actually calling out misogyny when you so obviously have no expertise on the matter?

Examples:

EN: Don't play the gender card. Let's play the "let's not die" card.
ES: No quiero usar la carta del género ahora. ¿Y tú?
EN: Second, she did not play the gender card.
HI: उसी समय, उन्होंने यौन आकर्षण को ध्यान में नहीं रखा।
EN: Stephanie Linus: I don't play the gender card as a female director
HI: लिंग निर्धारण मैं औरत का कोई रोल नहीं hota
EN: Don't play the gender card.
ID: Jangan bermain kartu berbeda sekarang.
EN: Women? You of all people do not get to play the gender card.
ID: Kau tak berhak mengatur gender orang lain.

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