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hal
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In response to Liz N Is Tired of the Nonsense.
Why are freaking *chess competitions* gendered in the first place?
03:44 PM - Aug 16, 2023
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Miggs Bylaws
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Probably for the same reason we gender inanimate objects and things like computer-generated voices. (Because it's familiar despite it being an example of why the concept of gender, and especially the gender-binary, is fabricated to assign gender roles, reinforcing harmful stereotypes).
In response to hal.
04:45 PM - Aug 16, 2023
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Miggs Bylaws
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In response to Miggs Bylaws.
But I will add some context here. Second-wave feminism saw these groups, created by cis women, as a win. Because chess has been predominantly cis-men, it left many women without the opportunity to even play in tournaments. https://www.si.com/more-sp...
04:53 PM - Aug 16, 2023
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Miggs Bylaws
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In response to Miggs Bylaws.
BUT, the world championship tournaments are not gendered. These two Women's Chess orgs were explicitly created to address women/girls access to tournaments and also challenge themselves in March Madness-style tournaments. Women are still significantly underrepresented, especially trans women.
04:55 PM - Aug 16, 2023
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