Battle of the Sexes refers to a conflict between
men
A man is an adult male human. Before adulthood, a male child or adolescent is referred to as a boy.
Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the fa ...
and
women
A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl.
Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional u ...
.
Battle of the Sexes may also refer to:
Film
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''The Battle of the Sexes'' (1914 film), American film directed by D. W. Griffith
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''Battle of the Sexes'' (1920 film), a 1920 German silent film
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''Battle of the Sexes'' (1926 film), a 1926 German silent comedy film
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''The Battle of the Sexes'' (1928 film), American remake of 1914 film
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''The Battle of the Sexes'' (1959 film), British comedy starring Peter Sellers
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''Battle of the Sexes'' (2017 film), a 2017 biopic on the tennis encounter between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs
Radio and television
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Battle of the Sexes (radio contest)
The ''Battle of the Sexes'' is a game where male and female contestants challenge each other on trivia questions. The principle of the game is to demonstrate the imbalance between male and female genders as they compete. The concept was created ...
, a radio contest, TV show and board game
* ''
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes'', an MTV competitive reality television show
* ''
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes 2'', a sequel
* ''Battle of the Sexes'', the subtitle for the season 2 premiere episode for the NBC's game show ''
1 vs. 100
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...
'', aired January 4, 2008
Music
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''Battle of the Sexes'' (album), a 2010 album by American rapper Ludacris
* "Battle of the Sexes", a single by
Faith Hope & Charity
Faith Hope and Charity was the name of a vocal group from Tampa, Florida. They are best known for their 1975 hit record, hit, "To Each His Own (Faith, Hope & Charity song), To Each His Own". They were also an in-demand group of session singers ...
* "The Battle of the Sexes", a song by Tom Paxton from ''
Redemption Road'', 2015
Sport
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Battle of the Sexes (tennis)
In tennis, "Battle of the Sexes" describes various exhibition matches played between a man and a woman, or a doubles match between two men and two women in one case. The term is most famously used for an internationally televised match in 197 ...
, a 1973 exhibition tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
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Jordan Mixed Open
The Jordan Mixed Open presented by Ayla is a professional golf tournament. The event included players from the Challenge Tour, the European Senior Tour and the Ladies European Tour. The event was first held in April 2019 at Ayla Golf Club, Aqaba, ...
, a 2019 tri-sanctioned golf tournament that is a more modern-day interpretation of the same ideal.
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Royal Poinciana Invitational
The Royal Poinciana Invitational was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in 1961 and 1962. It was played at Palm Beach Golf Club in Palm Beach, Florida, a Dick Wilson and Joe Lee-designed Par-3 course. The tournament was one of the first in profess ...
, a 1962-63 pro golf event that was an early predecessor of the "Battle of the Sexes" concept in sport
* In curling, there have been several "Battle of the Sexes", including a
2025 skins game game between Bruce Mouat and Rachel Homan and a
1986 game between Ed Werenich and Marilyn Darte.
Art
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Geschlechterkampf
The exhibition Battle of the Sexes – Franz von Stuck to Frida Kahlo
(Geschlechterkampf – Franz von Stuck bis Frida Kahlo) was held from
24 November 2016 to 19 March 2017 at the Städel-Museum in Frankfurt
am Main. 140 paintings, films and scul ...
(Battle of the Sexes – Franz von Stuck to Frida Kahlo), an art exhibition about gender roles
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''Battle of the Sexes'' (illustration), a lost James Thurber illustration drawn on the wall of Costello's, a former Irish bar and restaurant in New York City
Science
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Battle of the sexes (game theory)
In game theory, the battle of the sexes is a two-player coordination game that also involves elements of conflict. The game was introduced in 1957 by R. Duncan Luce and Howard Raiffa in their classic book, ''Games and Decisions''. Some author ...
, a game studied by game theorists
See also
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