so brave of the Post to publish the courageous "girls be dumb" take, wherein Babs concludes that societal factors can't explain the lack of women grandmasters because The Queen's Gambit "shows, authentically, that any kid is welcome at any chess club."https://nationalpost.com/opinion/barbara-kay-the-glaring-flaw-of-the-queens-gambit-that-no-one-wants-to-mention …
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There are some quotes of people *literally saying* (paraphrased here because I can't be added to Google it) "women are naturally more emotional and therefore lack the capacity for logic required to be a grandmaster". Not randos online -- other grandmasters!
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Just "love" the fact that lots of men being emotionally stunted by toxic masculinity led to the idea that women are more emotional, and therefore must be less logical
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Then-world champion Garry Kasparov called Polgar a "circus puppet" and said women were better off having families than trying careers they couldn't psychologically handle like competitive chess (Kasparov ended up apologizing, and is one of the consultants on the show)
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Hell here's UK grandmaster Nigel Short saying the same thing in the distant era of 2015https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3046374/Women-aren-t-smart-play-chess-game-requires-logical-thinking-says-British-grandmaster.html …
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Two chess playing youtubers talk about the pros & cons of that.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JkDi-usETFk …
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