Women's Brains
: Created:17 Aug 2014 , byJudit Polgar, the greatest female player of all time has retired at the age of 38. A comment by "Jefferson" on the Chessbase site echoes my views.
A previous correspondent says:
"It' s well known that men have an 11% bigger brain and are simply much, much better at not only chess but all other mental pursuits."
"So there is no 'prejudice', there is just realism."
"So there is no 'prejudice', there is just realism."
"Jefferson" replies:
"While the reason women don't excel at chess to the degree men do is not fully known, implying this is because men's brains are larger is an irrelevant red herring. Intelligence scores of men and women have been converging for a few decades now and are virtually equal in many developed countries, as women are allowed to participate more fully in intellectually demanding pursuits and occupations, which seems to make a big difference.
I know you and your ilk think this is being "politically correct", but the reality is closer to the reverse, as being PC is more about defending ideology that flies in the face of evidence, whether to the right or left. The only reality here is that your misogynist, antiquated viewpoint is anti-science, unempirical, and capable of causing great harm to our game by making it ugly and unappealing to half the world's population."