Women's chess is so women can compete without being subject to continual misogynist abuse while they do so, which is a huge problem in the main, gender-unrestricted category.
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And so we are to believe the misogyny will not be directedat trans women and girls - misogynists arerenown for their inclusiveness and welcoming nature?
If this is true (sounds likely, men do be like that) it’s more of a reason to allow trans women to play in women’s league- they also face misogyny on top of transphobia, and banning them seems to concede the misogynistic beliefs that the main league perpetuates
yeah I know all of that but 1. chess isn't physical strength based, which is the pretext gc people use
2. excluding trans women from chess just says that FIDE believes that bullshit about women being just worse bc idk an uterus gives -5 in chess
Fide could have enforced strict anti harassment rules
They could have supported women's chess by funding training & supporting female Gradmasters, set a culture that encourages girls to play.
ensure better pay by sponsoring them etc.
they did nothing but banned a subset of women while doing nothing to fix the reason spec women's leagues are needed
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2. excluding trans women from chess just says that FIDE believes that bullshit about women being just worse bc idk an uterus gives -5 in chess
Fide could have enforced strict anti harassment rules
ensure better pay by sponsoring them etc.
they did nothing but banned a subset of women while doing nothing to fix the reason spec women's leagues are needed