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henhouse 

A place predominantly occupied by women. This could be a workplace, classroom, social event or any other public place where there is, by a wide margin, more women than men. The term henhouse is used because of the conspicuous absence of cocks (roosters–in this case, men).
This sociology class is a total henhouse, John and I are the only guys here.

Man, I hate working at Bath and Body Works--it's a total henhouse! There's nobody to talk football with at lunch.
henhouse by kadoodles January 15, 2020

henhouse 

Look at that!!! The henhouse is empty.. Where are the hens???
henhouse by amandinha9000 September 6, 2005

The henhouse 

A henhouse refers to Phil's house where only men go in through Phil's back door.
Justine: This party at the henhouse is gonna crack!

set the fox to guard the henhouse 

Putting somebody in charge of a job, when they have a conflict of interest. Often used to refer to industry "self-regulation" or to putting an industry insider on the board that regulates that industry, e.g., appointing an executive of Comcast as chairman of the FCC.

Can also refer to a similar problem in private industry, e.g., putting the manager of a failed project in charge of the investigation into why the project failed.
Mike Taylor has been appointed to head the Food Safety Working Group at the FDA. The President has set the fox to guard the henhouse.

the fox is in the henhouse 

Ques -Hey, did you deliver it or what?
Answer- the Fox is in the henhouse

rooster in the henhouse 

When a man poses as a woman and gets outed.
We all know lady gaga is the gorgeous doll we see today but years ago it was believed that she was playing the rooster in the henhouse.