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BREAKING: FIDE bans trans 'women' from competing in women's events
Posted on 8/17/23 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 8/17/23 at 12:59 pm
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The International Chess Federation—the international governing body for chess—unveiled new policies that prohibit transgender women from competing in women’s events, as sports like swimming and cycling move forward with similar regulations restricting transgender athletes.
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Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:02 pm to Lou Pai
So now when it comes to games that involve intelligence, weak men have to become a woman to win. So women aren’t as smart?
Lololol this is too much. Way to go, Progressives.
Lololol this is too much. Way to go, Progressives.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:02 pm to Lou Pai
It's sad that this is a controversial measure.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:02 pm to Lou Pai
They banned men from women’s competitions?
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:04 pm to Lou Pai
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as sports like swimming and cycling move forward with similar regulations restricting transgender athletes
I'm just gonna sit back and watch it all unfold
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:05 pm to Lou Pai
Brain power and pussy beats testosterone every time
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:31 pm to Lou Pai
I will seriously never understand why there are separate gender leagues for chess, billiards, poker, etc
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:36 pm to LordSaintly
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I will seriously never understand why there are separate gender leagues for chess, billiards, poker, etc
May have started when women were not allowed to compete and or made to feel very unwelcome. The better question is why a man wearing a dress thinks he should be allowed in women’s competitions
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:38 pm to Lou Pai
When I read headline I thought you mispelled TIDE and this was about Bama.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:45 pm to LordSaintly
I'll take a crack at that.
Re: billiards, testosterone is correlated with hand-eye coordination. It makes sense when you think about evolution why that would be the case. It's also another reason steroids/HGH help hitters in baseball so much.
For chess, it has to do with IQ. What we know about males vs. females in IQ at the population level is that males tend to have more at the extreme ends of the bell curve. In other words, there are more men at 140 IQ and 60 IQ than women, again at the population level, although average IQ is equivalent for both sexes. Women also tend to better verbally whereas men tend to do better with spatial reasoning (which is in large part what chess is).
I also assume it has to do with sheer numbers. These are hobbies males are for more interested in than women.
Poker, I'm less sure about, but assume it has to do with similar reasons as chess.
At any rate, this is my favorite headline of 2023 because of the different layers of melt that will be caused.
Re: billiards, testosterone is correlated with hand-eye coordination. It makes sense when you think about evolution why that would be the case. It's also another reason steroids/HGH help hitters in baseball so much.
For chess, it has to do with IQ. What we know about males vs. females in IQ at the population level is that males tend to have more at the extreme ends of the bell curve. In other words, there are more men at 140 IQ and 60 IQ than women, again at the population level, although average IQ is equivalent for both sexes. Women also tend to better verbally whereas men tend to do better with spatial reasoning (which is in large part what chess is).
I also assume it has to do with sheer numbers. These are hobbies males are for more interested in than women.
Poker, I'm less sure about, but assume it has to do with similar reasons as chess.
At any rate, this is my favorite headline of 2023 because of the different layers of melt that will be caused.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:46 pm to Lou Pai
Im so sorry for WestcoastAg
This post was edited on 8/17/23 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:47 pm to Lou Pai
In other news, Bud Light announces it will no longer sponsor FIDE.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:59 pm to Lou Pai
On top of what you've already illustrated, I also think womens-only leagues would encourage more women to join and play chess/darts/billiard/etc especially at the lower levels. A lot of women probably wouldn't be interested and possibly intimidated if they were the only woman going to tournaments and stuff surrounding by a bunch of guys
Posted on 8/17/23 at 2:09 pm to Lou Pai
I had no idea that chess had this much power
Posted on 8/17/23 at 2:13 pm to Lou Pai
Honestly this is the best news of the week.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 2:25 pm to Lou Pai
quote:nothing about evolution makes sense. nothing has ever became a different species
It makes sense when you think about evolution
Posted on 8/17/23 at 2:35 pm to Lou Pai
The International Chess Federation is called FIDE?
Posted on 8/17/23 at 2:39 pm to shel311
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The International Chess Federation is called FIDE?
LOL
I spent 5 minutes earlier trying to figure out FIDE. It makes no sense.
This post was edited on 8/17/23 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 8/17/23 at 2:50 pm to shel311
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The International Chess Federation is called FIDE?
Probably French. Fédération Internationale DeS Échecs.
That translates. But too lazy to look it up, though as I'm typing this I'm realizing it'd have been faster to look it up
Posted on 8/17/23 at 2:53 pm to castorinho
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Probably French. Fédération Internationale DeS Échecs.
That translates. But too lazy to look it up, though as I'm typing this I'm realizing it'd have been faster to look it up
Gotcha, that is correct.
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