Why Are People Still Bothered By Losing to a Woman?

People are not bothered... - only men...

I went to graduate school in chemistry with women who had greater minds than me, have been students and employee-subordinates of excellent women teachers/bosses. I have no more problem losing to a woman than a man - unless of course it's to my female cousin who plays here, in which case I'd lose family bragging rights!

I don't like losing to kids.............i'm an old guy.....maybe I need to take up something else like stamp collecting. now there's a hobby............

I dont know of anyone who is bothered by that. In fact, I would say its almost the opposite. I have found that some people PREFER to lose to a woman.

I don't like losing to people who are shorter than me. 

LLLLOOOOLLLLL!!!#### CRAPPING MYSELF

I don't think it is so common either. What is very common is simply being bothered by losing though.

think of being in a tournament hall with only one woman playing and you got matched with her, your knees are knocking and your face is red. now imagine being a woman in a tournament hall full of women but there is one bloke playing and you got matched against him! how embarrassing!

I dare to guess that last scenario would attract more than one bloke.

and there you have it Pulp, increasing female involvement in chess only racks up the male numbers.

try to keep it professional guys.

The reason is that some people are stupid, as always.  I don't think it is very common though; I would imagine that, aside from ultra-sexist societies like in Iran or Saudi Arabia, the vast majority of people have accepted that gender doesn't affect one's ability to perform intellectually.

I don't mind losing to a woman. provided she slips me her number ;)

My wife is smarter than I and I don't feel bad. Sure, I kick her mental °ss at chess but she spends my cash wisely. She does buy ridiculous amounts of shampoo thou.

We have more bottles of shamp in the house than rolls of tail wipe tissue!