Chess developed through a period of being a pastime for court ladies. Curious gender roles in chess: how did we get to today's player skew?https://twitter.com/essell2/status/921028314730557441 …
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Honestly I don't see how this is different than today's world of video games where you can choose a Xena-like avatar
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Disappointed OP couldn't describe King's relative uselessness in terms besides "damsel"
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It's still not *great* mind you: it's easy to read it as an off-handed endorsement of the archetype.
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I'd be more disappointed in the term if it only meant "useless", but he also seems to be drawing attention to the inverted archetype.
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