Sentence:  These values give direction to the life of the middle-class <WSD>man</WSD> or woman , dictating the methods of child rearing , determining the pattern of community participation , setting the style for the psychiatric treatment of middle-class illness , and informing the congregational life of the major denominations . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)