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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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 What Season 4 was to racial prejudice, Season 5 is to the battle of the sexes. Alison Herman, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023 The Nikkei business newspaper reported that in recent years, Johnny’s fielded between five and seven boy bands in the annual battle of the sexes show. Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Nov. 2023 The tension builds slowly but deliciously, as the leads lock us into an ostensible battle of the sexes that neither character can win. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023

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