chess feminism!

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ChessWoman101

are there any other chess feminists out there? 

BlargDragon

You can see us if you squint your eyes a bit.

GWTR

I play chess, and I am an anarcha-feminist.

MickinMD

It doesn't matter to me if a play a man or woman and I don't think I have any extra edge in either case: their ratings are their ratings.  If that makes me a feminist, that's fine with me.

When I coached a high school team, I showed them a game I played that Grandmaster Leonid Shamkovich stood and watched for several minutes after completing his game during a tournament.

One player looked at my scorebook and asked, "You were playing a woman?"

Immediately I realized why Shamkovich stood there that long: it wasn't the quality of my game, it was the attractiveness of my opponent!

I don't know if that makes me more of a feminist that the obvious never entered my mind during the game, but there it is!

Ziggy_Zugzwang

I tend to be very popular with women players as I always resist stereotyping them. Consequently the trust built up often sees me as their 'car reversing buddy' at chess events and 'spider remover' from the tournament hall. In between rounds my providing of cute baby photos further increases my standing amongst the ladies at the expense of all those male chauvinists.

Pulpofeira

Laughing

Critica7

Feminism has gone off the deep end.

America_de_Cali

there are men, there are women and there are feminists. 

MagdeburgThePianist
stuzzicadenti wrote:

If you ignore the king you kind of lose the game automatically, so being a feminist won't help you.

Sir, I like you, very true, brilliant and good one.

ChessWoman101
Sewcrates wrote:

Can I invite you three to my place for a jacuzzi party? Just name your drinks.

hey, im underage, but its good to meet other activists

president_max

I'm a bunnyist.

president_max
Destroyer_Mark_1420 wrote:
What makes you think women are superior to men, Op?

this might explain, or maybe not

XemeNode

Are women equal to or greater than men? #TheTruthContest

tiredofjapan

What would a chess feminist be?  I believe women are capable of playing with the same rigor as men, and that both sexes should be encouraged to play and think about chess.  With that said, the game is genderless and attempts to read gender into its play would not result in better strategy.  

sameez1

Can a feminist deny being a sexist?

tiredofjapan

In the spirit I assume sameez1 asked the question, I would say yes-a feminist can deny being a sexist.  In a strict sense, feminism is a subset of sexist theory in the sense that it holds that sex broadly determines individual and social outcomes.  However, in common usage and the beliefs I hear from most feminists, there is no sense in which the common idea is that women are superior to men.  Feminists simply seek to address social inequities specific to women.  Since most -isms are invoked to name negative attitudes rather than general beliefs, I find no reason to declare feminism to be the more pejorative sexism.

Ziggy_Zugzwang
Cubronzo wrote:

Are women equal to or greater than men? #TheTruthContest

To borrow a phrase from chess: Men and women are dynamically equal. Offering chances for both sides...

Ziggy_Zugzwang

How about a transgender version of chess? Every move players roll the dice. If they get a double six or double one say, the queen and king have to swap places prior to their move. (This is about as liberal as I get.)

JustOneUSer
Meanwhile, on the chess.com off topic section...
JustOneUSer
Well they're not catholic bishops, anyway.

(It's a joke cuz the Catholic Church does not accept female bishops)