1A subject or activity that is supposedly only of concern or interest to men.
if it was men's business, why was she wrapped up in the middle of it?
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Now see here little missy don't go sticking your pretty little nose into men's business you know nothing about.
Politics, by and large, rightly or wrongly, has been men's business.
Historians rarely take the trouble to define the complex notion of the political for this period, they say, even though they obviously presume that politics was exclusively men's business.
Fighting wars is no longer just men's business.
Really, women should never mix themselves up with men's business; they had better keep to their pots and pans.
International Relations has long been taught and theorized as if women were invisible: as if there were no women in world politics, which was only men's business.
The creation of nations has traditionally been seen as men's business.
War, old-fashioned war, is still men's business.
Elegant females don't concern themselves with men's business.
Shooting was men's business, trust a woman to do something like that.
1.1Australian Aboriginal rituals and knowledge open only to initiated males.
here, guarded by a sturdy palm-trunk fence, is the sanctuary of men's business
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Anything to do with the male genitalia, urinary system or body markings is considered to be men's business.
I went out to Mitchell where our family grew up, and back to the land and did some men's business out there.
In relation to 'men's business' the author emphasises the extensive regional inter-relatedness that is fostered between men at these annual events.
Men's business is a predominant aspect of life in remote communities, and young men who are initiated are given certain status in the community.
Everything associated with the Dreaming, women's business and men's business is sacred.
The Seven Sisters are Creator Beings who move through the ancestral landscape, creating natural phenomena and involving themselves in ceremonial life, including "young men's business" or initiation ceremonies.
In Aboriginal society, women's business and men's business are quite separate, and are governed by strict social rules.
Separate men's business and women's business emphasize distince gender boundaries for some ceremonies.