(05-04-2023, 10:23 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(05-04-2023, 10:02 AM)NewJagsCity Wrote: Although fiction, I would think that women would follow the lead of the character in 'The Queen Gambit' mini-series.  Play whoever, whenever, under equal rules.  That is true equality.

Judit Pulgar is the only woman who has ever been at the top of the world rankings.  
She is entitled to her opinions, but she has had a very exceptional life.  Her dad deliberately made chess her life.  She likely trained and studied for many more hours than the man she replaced at the top of the rankings, and more hours than the men who eventually replaced her at the top. 
So even when we include Pulgar in the analysis, we still see women aren't represented in this area, and the only possible explanations are (a) differences in socialization or (b) differences in brain anatomy.  If it's (a), giving women spaces where they can work to build up skills and confidence before they compete with men makes a lot of sense. If it's (b), nothing will work.  And no one with any kind of rule making authority in Western society today really wants to discuss (b).

So you want affirmative action for women's brains.  

It's silly.  If you want to treat women like they are inferior, then let them have a nice, segregated women-only competition.  Then we can all look down our noses at women, because they are inferior and they admit it.  

But there's no reason to think women have less brain power than men, or less confidence.  I've seen plenty of women playing poker, or chess, and they have loads of confidence and a high level of skill. 

It's long past time to end the women-only chess or poker or any other competition that involves brain power.  Because it just makes the point that women are inherently inferior.

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