DR. JOE MALONE, PHD • SPEAKER • AUTHOR • RESEARCHER
Raise Your Sexual IQ.
Lower the Conflict.
Why can attraction feel effortless while relationships become so complicated?
Battles of the Sexes explores the biology, psychology, and cultural expectations operating beneath dating, intimacy, and conflict. Dr. Joe Malone and Sarah Achelpohl Harris translate the science into something readers can understand—and actually use.
Why This Book
Most Relationship Advice Starts With Behavior. This Book Starts With Why.
The disagreements people have about attraction, sex, dating, and commitment rarely begin in the moment. They are shaped by biology, attachment, expectations, experience, and culture.
Battles of the Sexes looks beneath the surface to help readers understand what may be driving those differences. Instead of offering another list of dating rules, the book creates a clearer framework for understanding ourselves—and the people we love.
The goal is not to erase the differences between women and men. It is to replace unnecessary confusion with knowledge, empathy, and better decisions.
Attraction and Chemistry
Understand some of the biological and visual processes that influence attraction—and why chemistry alone cannot carry a relationship.
Culture & Inherited Nature
Explore the tension between a rapidly changing sexual culture and the biological patterns human beings still carry with them.
Dating, Bonding & Commitment
Look more closely at the forces that can strengthen attachment, complicate intimacy, and influence lasting commitment.
Sexual Empathy
Learn to understand another person’s experience without pretending that every person experiences sex, attraction, and relationships in the same way.
SCIENCE YOU CAN ACTUALLY READ
The Research Is Complex. The Conversation Doesn’t Have to Be.
Battles of the Sexes brings understandable science to questions most people are already asking.
Why attraction feels different from attachment
How biology and culture collide
The role of hormones and reproductive health
Why women and men may experience intimacy differently
What can threaten a developing bond
How empathy can reduce unnecessary conflict
who this book is for
Written for People Who Want More Than Another Dating Tip
Singles
For readers who want to make more informed decisions about attraction, intimacy, dating, and the relationships they are building.
Couples
For partners who want to understand what may be beneath recurring misunderstandings and strengthen the bond they share.
Women & Men
For readers who want to understand both their own experience and the perspective of the opposite sex without reducing either to a stereotype.
Curious Readers
For anyone who wants credible relationship science explained without feeling as though they are reading a textbook.
FROM A READER
Understand the Why Behind the Battle
Dr. Joe Malone & Sarah Achelpohl Harris, MS, RDN
The AUthors
Two Perspectives
One Better Conversation.
DR. JOE MALONE
Dr. Joe Malone holds a Ph.D. in Health and Human Performance, with a minor in neuropsychology and a specialization in women’s health and sexual wellness. His research and teaching have focused on helping people better understand health, sexuality, relationships, and human behavior.
SARAH ACHELPOHL HARRIS, MS, RDN
Sarah Achelpohl Harris brings the perspective of a registered dietitian and young-adult health professional. Her contribution connects relationship science with the health, cultural pressures, and lived experiences affecting young women.
Together, they make complicated research understandable without stripping away the complexity that makes it matter.
FAQ
Questions About Battles of the Sexes
Wondering what the book covers—or whether it’s right for you? Find quick answers about the science, the authors, who it was written for, and where to get your copy.
What is Battles of the Sexes about?
The book explores how biology, psychology, and culture influence attraction, intimacy, dating, and relationships. Its goal is to increase sexual understanding, reduce unnecessary conflict, and support lasting love.
Who wrote the book?
Battles of the Sexes was coauthored by Dr. Joe Malone and Sarah Achelpohl Harris, MS, RDN.
Is this book only for couples?
No. The book offers insight for singles navigating dating as well as couples seeking greater understanding within an established relationship.
Is this a religious book?
The book approaches its primary subject through health science, relationship research, biology, and human behavior.
Where can I purchase it?
Battles of the Sexes is available through Amazon, Bookshop.org, and other major booksellers.
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