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The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For the same reason why we need quotas for businesses

Having a role model is hugely important for people picking up something.

If some girl plays chess and looks at the professional players and big tournaments there are no women there. So she likely will not pursue that path professionally. If there is a women's league then there the guarantee that there will be visibility for the winners which then creates more idols for young people and over the years increases the level of play until they are equal enough.

Not to mention the chess-clubs favouring boys on their training since they have a bigger chance to make it big and shine a spotlight on that club that produced this talent. With female only tournaments it's easier to create a name for yourself if you treat both genders equal and create the same talent for both sides there are so many fewer players.

Sure sounds dumb on paper but it's actually really necessary in order to create a pathway to more professional female players

[–] kttnpunk 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a really, really hard time believing treating both genders equal and empowering accessibility + diversity is best achieved by segration.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] arin 2 points 1 year ago

Sad that people can't see the good of having a safe space for women to compete in chess... WTF.

[–] zimy 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Having a role model is hugely important for people picking up something.

Maybe society should start teaching kids to just do what they want instead of waiting for some random person that shares arbitrary X-trait to "inspire and empower" them. Be your own person.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's what society says and what society does. Society in many countries already says what you propose, again and again. But it doesn't actually react favourably when people do it, especially women.