Complex sentence: Gender-bait is a term used by William Gibson in his 2003 novel "Pattern Recognition" for the practice of some males who represent themselves as females online to elicit a positive response from other males.
Split into simpler sentences: Gender-bait is a term coined by William Gibson in his 2003 novel "Pattern Recognition". The term refers to the practice by some males who represent themselves as females online to elicit a positive response from other males.