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“it’s just as possible for a woman to become the best as any guy. But there are so many difficulties and social boundaries for women generally in society. That
by readthenotes1 3y ago
“it’s just as possible for a woman to become the best as any guy. But there are so many difficulties and social boundaries for women generally in society. That is what blocks it.”
The complaint kinda gets at the heart of the competition divide. A driven guy would say "that's what motivated me"
- TulliusCicero 3y agoThe problem with the "sexism is blocking" model is that it can't explain why this would continue to be a problem for chess today, when women have made so many inroads in other areas. Sure, there's sexism in chess now, but does anyone seriously think 2020's chess players are more sexist than, say, lawyers and law teachers in the 60's and 70's? And yet women were able to steadily break through in law, and medicine, and so many other areas.
- readthenotes1 3y agoI'm guessing most of the reason is like the story in the article where the women dropped out because of all the unwanted male nerd attention, coupled with perhaps less of a predilection towards monomania...