that sounds like an admittance on your part..., if we are all whacked, isn't that the norm...?

Again, I am not asserting that you or anyone in this thread feels that way, only that some guys I know do. And since I am not attracted to other women, wouldn't a better way to phrase that question be "would you rather be a super GM and world champ, as well as a lonely dweeb who is to prideful to get beat by a man, or have a loving husband who is rated 2500 FIDE and who beats you 50% of the time?". And for the record, I'd rather have the highly rated husband who can defeat me 50% of the time.

If your gender was obvious to me...yes...but it isn't

Besides, I wasn't just directing my comments to you...I was using your words to get a point across to more people at once...

I did mention it in a prior post in this thread, however it was admittedly hard to spot the mention the way I worded it. I apologize for acting like it was obvious when it clearly wasn't.

Eww, you're a girl?

Better not play you then, I'd hate to lose to a girl.

No you didn't, but I believe you implied it, whether intentionally or not...its ok if you let it slip...

Being competitive is fine, but people shouldn't be overly so based on deep seated insecurity.

Its shame when we arent good sports...

...I didn't say I wasnt one....

1. How do you know how old I am? My age is not mentioned on my profile.

2. You would be surprised how many people do tell me that women are inherently inferior when it comes to doing certain things, including some of my friends. Why is it so hard to believe I've encounterd guys who thought this way? I've encountered women who thought men were inherently inferior, is that a fantasy as well?

1. Being old gives you the ability to know the age of a person you've never seen and know little about? Interesting.

2. What is your point exactly? That no man I have ever encountered has ever felt women were inferior at all? That no men anywhere feel that women are inferior? That no one anywhere feels anyone or any group is inferior? Or just that only you are capable of telling if someone else is biased or not?

Men VS Women!

Yes indeed ! Fine thinking, original-post, what a quandry, intellectually-stimulating ?, what debate..

result = DRAW. 

Women must be stronger, I couldn't imagine, in childbirth, passing a child through into the world.  

I'll admit that this post may not have been my most original idea, I wanted to see if chess people could agree on something as logical as women being intellectually equal to men and I'm sad to see they don't. Then to answer the first question in this post which was, "why is there a women's world champion if the game is equal?" At least that question was pretty much answered but I still see a bunch of dudes trying to explain why men are inherently better at chess through genectics and stuff. Give me a break. Then there's an intigater in this forum that just wants to criticize everything everyone says while constantly contradicting himself and adding nothing to the discussion except negative vibes. Yep, it's a draw. we can't convince evryone here of a simple fact that's staring everyone in the face. I'm not frustrated, just appalled

You truly think no one is bold enough or stupid enough to say something offensive like that to someone's face? Here, I'll describe one of the incidents. It was back in high school in U.S. history class, and we'd gotten onto the topic of women's rights. One fellow by the name of Jay said that women should not be allowed to hold public office because we could not control our emotions and are innately unstable and would therefore make poor decisions. He then added that we should not be allowed to vote for the same reasons. I might further add that he made these statements in a class where the teacher was a woman. Furthermore, you earlier claimed that the only way I could know if a man thought women were inferior would be if they flat out told me, and that any other experiences simply weren't good enough to serve as proof. So naturally I mentioned my experiences where people had flat out told me I would be or was worse at something because I was a girl, since that seemed to be the only kind you would find legitimate. My dad has told me of incidents he saw when he was younger in resturants and bars where he would see men go up to women and say incredibly offensive things about their gender while trying to get the women to go out with them. Not to mention all the crap he took from other guys when he briefly took dance lessons as a kid. He ended up quitting the lessons because so many other guys were starting fights with him over it. Just because you haven't encountered this sort of thing doesn't change the fact that other people's experiences may differ from yours. What about all the guys out there who've taken shit for losing to girls or for doing something percieved as girly? Do their experiences mean nothing as well?

I think the women are on their period.

Don't make them angry.........

I wonder what sort of hormone therapy she was having...? I agree after a certain point, you are what you are hormonally, regardless of what the equipment is like, but some of her equipment makes mine look less manly somehow...I need to go to the gym or something...