On the use of ゆえ - Difference between ゆえに and ゆえの


I'm confused about the use of ゆえ in case it is followed by の instead of に.

In the second case I know that ゆえ indicates a consequence, a sort of "Some
state/condition ゆえに some consequence".

However, the following sentence (coming from an exercise book for N1) confuses
me:

> 男女平等といっても、女性[...]の差別はまだ残っている。

The possible answers to pick from were たる、ゆえ、なり、こそ, and the correct one would
be indeed ゆえ (at first I mistakenly chose たる thinking of "being a woman", but
now I realize probably that would not work because of how the sentence
continues from there).

Anyway, I can't understand why ゆえ is correct. Could someone explain if in this
case (that is, followed by の) ゆえ has a different interpretation? How would you
translate the sentence above in the most literal way? Thank you.




I think you got the meaning of
[ゆえ](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/224827/meaning/m0u/) backward: It does
not mean _consequence_ , but _reason/basis_. The word's direct attachment is
to what comes before it, not to what follows. This might be the root of your
confusion.

Quite naturally, the ゆえ's meaning (i.e. that of _basis/reason_ ) is the same
both in the (conjunctive-)adverbial (X)ゆえに and in the adnominal (X)ゆえの.

> X ゆえに Y = On the basis of X, Y.; Because (of) X, Y. (E.g. 女性ゆえに差別を受ける。→
> "Becasue of/On the basis of (being) a woman, one receives discrimination.")
>
> X ゆえの Y = X-based Y; Y by reason of X (E.g. 女性ゆえの差別 → "womanhood-based
> discrimination/discrimination by reason of womanhood")




I think you got the meaning of
[ゆえ](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/224827/meaning/m0u/) backward: It does
not mean _consequence_ , but _reason/basis_. The word's direct attachment is
to what comes before it, not to what follows. This might be the root of your
confusion.

Quite naturally, the ゆえ's meaning (i.e. that of _basis/reason_ ) is the same
both in the (conjunctive-)adverbial (X)ゆえに and in the adnominal (X)ゆえの.

> X ゆえに Y = On the basis of X, Y.; Because (of) X, Y. (E.g. 女性ゆえに差別を受ける。→
> "Becasue of/On the basis of (being) a woman, one receives discrimination.")
>
> X ゆえの Y = X-based Y; Y by reason of X (E.g. 女性ゆえの差別 → "womanhood-based
> discrimination/discrimination by reason of womanhood")

