Are Men Really Better At Chess Than Women?

Can you send a link to another post discussing this? I'd like to read it

Your arguments seem contradictory and patronizing. The bunny believes in equal opportunity but you seem to be looking for equal outcome. 

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Really you couldn't find even one? 

Do people really feel the need to ask these questions? Ugh.

For attention. And it works.  It does rile up a lot of people

Indeed...

cherry picking exceptions to the rule prove the rule. if you want to feel better, you don't have to register with the Selective Service Office, and you can make babies thru gestation. that's pretty cool. calming breathing works, a technique that requires practice. try it

women are much better at making toast for patients that can’t sleep at night.

luckily there were no male nurses in the 2 hospitals that i was recovering in after an RTA. so i didn’t go hungry at night when watching M.A.S.H. on the hospital tv.

I'm sorry I wasted your time with my genuine question. It's true I made this post for attention. How pathetic of me

That's OK.  We like getting riled up here on chess.com.

if you were to speak into a microphone it would sound even better with the microphone behind your butt.

WGM is such a sexist concept

Henry VIII is then pretty much in character

ok, i hope this makes up for my impetuous post.

I don't know for sure (since I'm pretty useless) but my guess is that there are girls who like learning chess when boys do. Not as many as boys, but we'll get to that.

By a certain age, all the kids get used to the war-like terminology of chess, girls here it's a boys things, the competitive side is kind of pushed in girls faces and there can be a fair bit of sexism going around, forcing a lot of girls to drop out of chess at an earlyish age. We all know sexism like that goes on which is really sad.

What happens? There are more men in chess. Could it then be that more men encourage their sons to play chess rather than mothers encouragng their saughters? Especially in some cultures back in the day, perhaps it started

 out this way if men were just considered "better", women weren't expected to play or women weren't able to get such a free reign on playing so much so often a century or two ago.

My guess is that it's a spinning cycle of sexism resulting in the themes of the game being "more for boys" and then just more sexism, whether people say implicit or explicit, being an invisible barrier to a whole load of talent.

Then again, I'm honestly not the brightest bulb in the box. It's just an idea!

It is a gaming issue.

Games are all alike: they all require and develop strategic thinking.

How many women do you see at your local arcade everyday?

How many women have you seen fervently chasing down quarry?

How many women have you seen playing COD & FNV on twitch?

Women lack a gaming background, culturally speaking, and thus usually lack the strategic mentality common of gamers. Chess is a game - a strategy board game.

That culture is changing now. More and more girls are getting into games. There are going to be more and more female chess players in future.

could it be perhaps that there are fewer females in chess because they have a higher opportunity cost somewhere else? in other words, are females smart enough to have something better to do? 🤔

If we assume that then doesn't that make the discussion pointless?

You do realize that makes no sense?