Why are women not as successful as men in chess?

1981 is a long time ago. I take it we can say women's lib was done by then. I'd put in in the 70ies myself.

So why the women don't reach the men's chess levels in that many years?

It's like someone that fram 1981 predicted the apocalypse coming 33 times, and each time says "nah, i was wrong, it's next year". At some point you just realize, it ain't going to happen.

To me, it's just excuses really.

I mean, wonen's lib, it's not like it happened in February 2013 and we need to wait for the dust to settle and so on lol.

Well, to use a chess example :) It's like if one of the rules of chess suddenly changed in 1970. It might be drastic enough to make certain established "chess schools" (e.g. the "soviet chess school," or the "nimzowitsch school of thought") to totally change how they do things. They would have hundreds of years of old theory, and have their ideas ingrained, and now they have to throw a large amount of it away if they want to keep playing good chess. You'd have to unlearn your way of doing things, then relearn them, and consequently chess teachers would have to unlearn and relearn how to teach chess. It's hard enough to learn things, let alone start from scratch from that learning. Maybe kids will be totally open to the "new chess" (because they weren't alive before "new chess"), but teachers might have a hard time devising a new way of teaching that would help kids learn the appropriate things.

It's just an example, but lifestyles aren't things you will just change overnight, especially when you've put so much energy into a different one.

If you say so...it's "their", by the way.  Probably would have caught that if you weren't posting in a hurry.

August 2014.  New millennium, people.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/gaming-no-longer-a-mans-world-1408464249

I can't even bring wrap my little brain around the combination of "hunter/protector".

If you're off hunting, how the hell are you supposed to protect anything? 

Yeah but it's not clear where, if anywhere, the blame should be placed. For example, the developers might just say, they are appealing to the market of male gamers, which may be more lucrative.

So perhaps the blame is on male gamers who don't like female protagonists? Maybe... it just seems like a certain amount of this stuff is inevitable. I mean, if you want to sell girly products, you generally need to associate them with girls, too. You almost have to shut off men in ads for girly products, if you want to get sales, or at least, it would seem that way, and the world seems to operate that way. Girls will want certain products to be associated with femininity. And guys will want certain things to be associated with masculinity. Clearly some of this stuff must be benign since the vast majority of guys and girls are like this at least with certain things. So I dunno, you know, just trying to be open minded, annoying as that is :)

Hasbro; the world wide leader of toy manufacturers is coming out with its new "Ken" doll. (Makers of the Barbie doll). The Ken doll will be upgraded to appeal to the male tastes in clothing, which they say has been misunderstood by developers. In a statement, the company said, " we realized boys need their dolls to be more realistic, to look the part".They promised that in the future the Ken line will have all the tech support and available accessories that the Barbie line has enjoyed all these years.

"Eguality is our motto, no longer will boys be 2nd class" is the new slogan, said Hasbro Chairmen C. H. McGillacutty

Stop being ridiculous.  It was an example of how long it can take for change.  Not the final date of the women's liberation movement.

The fact that we are still recognizing women firsts is a pretty good indicator that it's not done yet.

Someone didn't train their replacement on the Dolls-For-Boys desk at Hasbro

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._Joe:_America's_Movable_Fighting_Man 

 What is that meme saying?  That the only chess masters are those that have become world champion or that astronauts should be good chess players.  There have been LOTS of women chess masters.  In fact, the percentage of female masters is probably not all that different than that of female astronauts even accounting for the small sample sizes.

11% of those who have been to space have been women.  Have any of them been the world's best astronaut? I don't know.  I suppose at the time, Valentina Tershkova probably was because she was the only person in space at the time of her mission.  However she was only the 12th person in space.  I figured women were a write-off after '61 since not one made the cut in the first four launches.

The easiest way to be wrong is to post a meme.  This one is cosmically stupid..

Shift work. 

Those whose ancestors were the better hunters are today better with the white pieces.  Those who were better defenders, the black pieces. 

Maybe, but the only differences that matter are the ones that are relevant to chess skill.

As an earlier study posted here also indicated that there is no specific male or female brain and only about 6% share only traits from one gender or another.

Are the top 100 players all from the male brain category?  It's possible but I would not be surprised if there was a percentage that wasn't.  Tal and Petrosian certainly thought about chess differently.  Was it wiring?

I'm also not willing to rule out that like piloting a space craft that chess is a learned skill.  With proper education and a lot of work success in chess is attainable by anyone.

Wrong

Scientific study conducted by whom?

Whomever funded it, with their proposed agenda.

Chicago Cubs - World Series Champions 2016.  Put money on it.

You should remember since you replied to it here.  You can scroll back through the pages just as easily as I.

Hey guys, I started this thread...umm I have been thinking and idk but I think us girls could have the advantage and beat men...we just have more important things to care about/think about.  

Happy holidays haha 

Because women let us men to be more succesful.