imma give a serious answer
they are not real women, obviously. nobody's trying to ¨alienate¨ the wannabe community.
thats like me being on the red team in capture the flag, then suddenly identifying myself as the blue team so i can join them. not how it works lmao
‘Capture the flag’ is not the same as a person’s gender identity.
same idea
¨i dont want to be this so im going to try to be that because my feelings matter more¨
No, not the same idea. The only advantage that the blue team would have is that they have more players in their team, so are you saying that trans women shouldn’t be allowed to because there will be more women? Use real arguments : )
No, because trans women are still biologically male. You can't just let Larry Bird or Kobe into the WNBA, because that would make it completely unfair for biological women and make a mockery of fairness.
Biological women have no disadvantage in chess.
imma give a serious answer
they are not real women, obviously. nobody's trying to ¨alienate¨ the wannabe community.
thats like me being on the red team in capture the flag, then suddenly identifying myself as the blue team so i can join them. not how it works lmao
‘Capture the flag’ is not the same as a person’s gender identity.
same idea
¨i dont want to be this so im going to try to be that because my feelings matter more¨
No, not the same idea. The only advantage that the blue team would have is that they have more players in their team, so are you saying that trans women shouldn’t be allowed to because there will be more women? Use real arguments : )
No, because trans women are still biologically male. You can't just let Larry Bird or Kobe into the WNBA, because that would make it completely unfair for biological women and make a mockery of fairness.
So, you’re saying men are better than women at chess??
proven fact
No, men are not better than women at chess, it seems like that because men play more chess, because back in the day women weren’t allowed to play chess. Still, even today, woman are discouraged from playing it due to misogynous and prejudiced views.
Then tell me why nearly all of the Top 100 grandmasters are only men. Who is talking down on women playing chess?
Because way, way less women play chess. Only 15% of FIDE ratings are women and that goes way down when we talk about the professional players. The percentage of women playing chess is less than physical sports like soccer, basketball and rugby (and pretty much every major sport). This is partially due to the fact that women don't have many role models. Role models are critical as they show that women can make it to the very top and can support themselves with chess. The best women player of all time is indisputably Judit Polgar but, outside of her, there aren't many other role models for women in chess. Hou Yifan (second highest rated woman ever) recently semi-retired from chess to focus on her career as an economics professor. The huge impact role models play has been shown time and time again in education studies. There's even the famous study using the movie; Queen of Katwe (chess movie) where Ugandan girls who were shown the movie saw a market increase in academic performance at school. Women's tournaments are about supporting a marginalised group in the chess world; giving them an opportunity to meet role models, form friendships/communities of female players and encourage women to play tournaments. Why this shouldn't apply to transgender women also is beyond me.