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After hearing so many questions regarding “contending” with men over the foregoing two days, I had to say that, in our day, The Battle of the Sexes was a tongue-in-cheek name for a game show, not the all-out war it has become.
Here We Go Again Betty White 1995
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Among the appendices to this report will be found a return showing the number of persons attending at each of these clinics for the years 1920, 1921, and part of 1922, and recorded under the headings "Sexes" and "Diseases."
Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health New Zealand. Committee of the Board of Health
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The author at voluntaryXchange in a related article titled Science and the Sexes writes:
The Forgotten Men, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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– Billie Jean King: With her victory over Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match in 1973, and in the years since, King has champion gender equality not only in sports but in all areas of public life.
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The author at Hispanic Pundit in a related article titled Differences Between The Sexes writes:
The Forgotten Men, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Like Billie Jean King, who on September 20, 1973, less than 15 months after the enactment of Title IX, obliterated former champion Bobby Riggs on a Houston, Texas, tennis court, in what was called "The Battle of the Sexes."
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And second, in "The War of the Sexes," the film this generation of adults is currently starring in, we're at the end of act two, at the dénouement, where the guy and girl are separated and have to find a way back to each other.
Emily Bracken: Romantic Comedies Are Dying Because Romance Is Dead Emily Bracken 2011
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Made-for-TV tennis dates back at least to Billie Jean King beating Bobby Riggs in the 1973 Battle of the Sexes.
Bengals' Dhani Jones spans globe for constant variety of sport 2009
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The (seventies era) War Of The Sexes was never won, nor lost!
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Made-for-TV tennis dates back at least to Billie Jean King beating Bobby Riggs in the 1973 Battle of the Sexes.
Bengals linebacker Jones spans globe for constant variety of sport 2009
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