1.   Banking used to be a male preserve.

2.   Because work is still considered a male role, leisure, similarly, is thought to be a male preserve.

3.   Motor-racing has largely been a male preserve.

4.   The suburban commuter station was emphatically a male preserve at certain times of day.

5.   Working technical equipment seemed to be a male preserve.

6.   In cotton country women weavers made coarser cloths, quality pieces remaining a male preserve.

7.   And yes, yes, for all the talk of women charging ahead, this is still overwhelmingly a male preserve.

8.   Advanced Talmudic study remained a male preserve.