Invisible Pieces: Women in Chess

#96 the author hand waves away any biological differences between the sexes to pursue her narrative, right around when she cites Bobby Fischer.

It's kinda funny that the world compares the two genders....no need to do that. Not equal at all.
Anyway back to the topic;
Personally I think chess is loved more by male. Men like complex stuff...maybe ladies don't

@gayweather

Oh no! Thumbs-down? Even from admins themselves? How will those poor people ever be the same again

"It's kinda funny that the world compares the two genders....no need to do that. Not equal at all.
Anyway back to the topic;
Personally I think chess is loved more by male. Men like complex stuff...maybe ladies don't"

Yes, thank you for your in-depth argument, Mr. Science.

i didn't understand the joke

I don´´t get why people are wondering why there are so few female chess players in the top rankings. The game is way more popular under men, which means that it is only logical that there are also more top male players.

#106 what you said sounds very silly. "All differences" due to biological sex differences? Wow. I'm not sure gravity is even that well-proven...and it doesn't need to be. The point is that the author overreaches by waving away any differences in average biological structure so as to acribe all differences in outcome to sexism.

That's what the article says @Wouter_H95 the difference in numbers of women at the top is because there are fewer playing to start with. The point is why are there fewer women playing overall.

Keep in mind that globally, well over 300 million people play chess competitively, many more casually. A few assholes doesn't necessarily represent the entire culture or "community" of chess, if that's even a thing. I'm not saying it doesn't, just that a few anecdotal examples isn't sufficient evidence to generalize hundreds of millions of people.

@elburaiano

Okay, so in other words you have nothing to back up your claims beyond a TV presenter, whereas OP in their article has cited numerous studies and respected experts in their field. If you have an issue with the semantics or phrasing of what was written, or the methodology of the sources used, that's one thing - but you seem to believe that any biological differences between a male and female brain explains why men and women seemingly excel in different tasks. Now I won't pretend to be an expert in the field, but my understanding is that this is known as gender essentialism and it is considered an outdated perspective on how brains work with no evidence supporting it.