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adjl posted...

That doesn't mean you're suddenly going to have an abundance of old female chess pros mentoring a new generation of girls that are looking for role models, nor that all (or even a majority) of those old dudes are going to be so progressive as to want to give a girl pointers.

Sure, there'd be a lack of 78+ year old chess pros, but I don't think there are many pros at all that old. I would expect basically anybody post 1960 to have no reason to mindlessly exclude girls from chess.

adjl posted...

Just because the cultural norm is no longer to say "women can't play chess" doesn't mean girls have the same access to chess resources that boys do.

It does though. Doesn't cost shit to buy a cheap chess set and play and there's no reason any person not senile would not support a female chess player.

adjl posted...

Compared to biological evolution, sure, but it's not that fast. Bear in mind that you're not talking about evolution in response to selective pressure being applied, you're talking about evolution in response to selective pressure being removed, which is generally going to be much slower because it lacks the pressure needed t drive the change.

There's selective pressure to not be a sexist turd. It's gotten so aggressive on that point that culturally we have an abundance of passive and submissive cuck boys. It's a strong pressure that's crushed any idea of acceptability long out of society.
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Doctor Foxx posted...
The demonizing of soy has a lot to do with xenophobic ideas.