Call me a suck up if you like but I think its makes the ladies who play chess more precious!
Women and Chess
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Women are precious without chess. Especially when they bring your dinner and cold beer.
:)
kaynight wrote:
Because when on- line,it is easier for them to bump their gums... Incoming!!
LOLZ - my kaynight in shining armour.
There is an element of truth there. I like to chat.
But to address the OP's observation, women on the site seem to account for less than 10% of the active membership, maybe as few as 5%.
I can say without reservation, that part of the problem stems from the large proportion of men who play chess who are horndogs.
Its ok my dear friends, I can take it for if its one thing I have learned in life, the King may be paramount but never forget the queen is the most powerful piece on the chessboard! Its gonna get roasty toasty for you two desperados! I can tell. I can see kleelof wearing his dinner and kaynight you need all the friends you can get! :D
kaynight wrote:
robbie the crawler will keep you up to speed...
Hehe are you running away again? afraid of another pasting, try boohoo.com and buy yourself a flowery dress, cheer yourself up!
Anarchos61 írta:
The proportion of girls to boys who play chess is quite small and gets smaller once the teens are reached. Most chess clubs have very few or, more often than not, no female members and women are vastly out-numbered by men in over-the-biard play. There seems to be a higher proportion of women playing chess on-line and, interestingly, quite a few women who devote time to organising teams, but they are still very much in the minority. Why does this disparity continue to persist and what can be done about it?
What should be done, at all? That's an even better question.
I've never seen any discrimination against any women in chess.
There is no obstacle in their way, as lots of them have already proved by getting titles, writing books, giving lectures, being invited for commentaries, etc, etc.
Maybe we should just realise that simply not as many women are interested in chess as men.
robbie_1969 wrote:
I can see kleelof wearing his dinner
Fortunately, my wife isn't on Chess.com. 
GnrfFrtzl wrote:
Anarchos61 írta:
The proportion of girls to boys who play chess is quite small and gets smaller once the teens are reached. Most chess clubs have very few or, more often than not, no female members and women are vastly out-numbered by men in over-the-biard play. There seems to be a higher proportion of women playing chess on-line and, interestingly, quite a few women who devote time to organising teams, but they are still very much in the minority. Why does this disparity continue to persist and what can be done about it?
What should be done, at all? That's an even better question.
I've never seen any discrimination against any women in chess.
There is no obstacle in their way, as lots of them have already proved by getting titles, writing books, giving lectures, being invited for commentaries, etc, etc.
Maybe we should just realise that simply not as many women are interested in chess as men.
That's clearly true but one of the questions is "why?" Just stating that not as many women as men are interested in chess doesn't really get us anywhere. I also think there's a problem that when women do try to get involved at club level they are such a rarity that the members and club officals "over welcome" as it were. When I turn up at a new club I am usually quizzed on whther I've played club chess before and whether I have a grade and then an opponent of a comparable strength is suggested and prevailed on to play against me. It doesn't take long to feel a part for a male at the right club. Women tend to get rather mobbed, by comparison, and, especially if they're beginners, un-sought advice is offered from all sides; sometimes with sexist undertones. It gets embarrassing and they don't come back.
Anarchos61 wrote:
...one of the questions is "why?"
Too busy cooking my dinner and chilling my beer?
Where's Jamie, Batgirl and all the other hens when you need them?
robbie_1969 wrote:
Its ok my dear friends, I can take it for if its one thing I have learned in life, the King may be paramount but never forget the queen is the most powerful piece on the chessboard!
Yeah, but a queen is replaceable... 
How about a few more serious comments too- especially from the women? Maybe the cheekily sexist comments are part of the problem.
Anarchos61 wrote:
How about a few more serious comments too- especially from the women? Maybe the cheekily sexist comments are part of the problem.
Or perhaps the topic has been over done here.
Nobody likes beating dead horses.
JamieDelarosa wrote:
the large proportion of men who play chess who are horndogs.
HOrneddogs are cute:
kleelof wrote:
Anarchos61 wrote:
How about a few more serious comments too- especially from the women? Maybe the cheekily sexist comments are part of the problem.
Or perhaps the topic has been over done here.
Nobody likes beating dead horses.
Well.... someone asked the same question 5 years ago but I don't think its been asked since and, given that the situation is pretty much the same, why should it not be asked again?
Anarchos61 wrote:
kleelof wrote:
Anarchos61 wrote:
How about a few more serious comments too- especially from the women? Maybe the cheekily sexist comments are part of the problem.
Or perhaps the topic has been over done here.
Nobody likes beating dead horses.
Well.... someone asked the same question 5 years ago but I don't think its been asked since and, given that the situation is pretty much the same, why should it not be asked again?
Oh, it's been asked. Just as recently as last month.
Sure, not saying it can't be asked again. Just I don't think you are going to get many if any serious responses from women.
I also think the only people who REALLY care are bone-headed sexists. (And Robbie )
Here we go, another women and chess post made just today:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/nigel-short-womens-brains-not-chess-brains?lc=1#last_comment
kaynight wrote:
Hay! Jamie, welcome to the party. There's a certain thread out there where women reign supreme.. Have to go, speak to you later..
LOL I guess you found out you don't own all the threads...live and learn I suppose.
You have to sit still and not talk for 2+ hours at a time. Impossible for women.
The proportion of girls to boys who play chess is quite small and gets smaller once the teens are reached. Most chess clubs have very few or, more often than not, no female members and women are vastly out-numbered by men in over-the-biard play. There seems to be a higher proportion of women playing chess on-line and, interestingly, quite a few women who devote time to organising teams, but they are still very much in the minority. Why does this disparity continue to persist and what can be done about it?