battle of the sexes

noun phrase

: a struggle for power between women and men
The comedy is a classic treatment of the battle of the sexes.

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James Wilson, Plantation The battle of the sexes When did this start? Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2024 Another top line here in Pennsylvania, the battle of the sexes. CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024 Anchorman trades the ratings-battle storyline of similar films for a battle of the sexes, pitting an infantile boys’ club against a new hire navigating their sexism with the seasoned poise of someone who’s done this all before. Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024 The put-upon journalist also finds some time to torment the new fiancée (Reid Scott) of his former flame (Michelle Williams), using his parasitic alter ego to one-up the battle of the sexes. Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024 As tensions rise, Ron and Veronica's brutal knock-down fight in the middle of the newsroom is the perfect comic expression of the battle of the sexes. Danny Horn, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2024 In the musical, a new ending imagines Dawn and Brad as mythological figures — gods, really — storming across a fantastic, scarlet-colored hellscape where pillars of honest-to-God fire illuminate their literal battle of the sexes. Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024 Jolie and Pitt played married assassin-spies pitted against one another, but screenwriter Simon Kinberg mostly mined this premise for stale jokes about suburban boredom, leading to a battle of the sexes based on gendered stereotypes. Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Feb. 2024 Even if this skew is roughly matched by male swings rightward, the degeneration of our democracy and our discourse into a battle of the sexes can’t be a positive development. Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023

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