"it's a man's world" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1970 August 31, “Nation: Who's Come a Long Way, Baby?”, in Time, retrieved 2019-07-07",
          "text": "The real issue, says Fox, \"is whether male and female roles are totally flexible and reversible.\" As far as Fox is concerned, the answer is no. Millett admits that \"[…] All I did was substantiate a cliche which we all know — that it's a man's world.\"",
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          "ref": "1995 October 15, Lucy Ellmann, “It's a man's man's world”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 2019-07-07",
          "text": "It's a man's world. But the fact that men dominate television makes it a kind of zoo in which to study them.",
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          "ref": "2009 September 16, “Canada’s Best Professional Schools”, in Macleans, Canada, retrieved 2019-07-07",
          "text": "Blame culture. Or genes. Or Dilbert. In engineering, it's a man's world — for now.",
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