Oh goodness, gracious me! This thread returned to a discussion about the opening post. Just when I thought everyone had disasppeared up their own cloacas having critiqued to the nth degree, that art/philosophy tangent.
Leaving aside the seemingly resolved misunderstanding between tryst and Elubas... I wonder whatever became of never fear the dark ?!
Is there any sort of ...etiquette(for want of a better word) expected when one initiates a topic/thread? Is it really acceptable to initiate a topic such as this, and with such a strongly expressed opinion - and then decline any further input at all ? Does never fear the dark really have nothing further for her audience? Maybe it's simply been just a bit of wordy graffiti...
In my defense, this post has gotten hundreds of comments. I can't read them all. Sides I've written more blogs and low key responded to the general themes of comments.
Still, one would think you'd respond somewhat more than you have.
Being, a male.. the best I can do is {partly-by-chance}, discover a topic -relevant article. o:
https://aeon.co/essays/why-are-only-two-of-the-world-s-top-100-chess-players-women
Allegedly.
The argument in that article is rather shaky. It's not much that women used to play the game a lot in the past. The question is one of how one is playing the game. Women are playing rugby these days: but how? They're playing baseball: but how? The softball version is different.
So it comes down to how it's done. Fischer's sister may have taught him the game, but that says nothing of her own understanding of the game: same goes for any parent who teaches the game to their kids. We are talking of abilities to perform tasks in an equal manner.