The BBC Found One (1) Trans Woman Impacted by Trans Ban in Chess

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why do we separate players by sex in chess? Why does that matter?

It mostly boils down to male fragility
https://theconversation.com/whats-behind-the-gender-imbalance-in-top-level-chess-150637

Out of curiosity, how did you get male fragility from that?

Reading through it there were several effects mentioned.

  • Testosterone makes men more likely to push to the highest level.

  • Women are discouraged from playing chess, and so less are set on a course to be amongst the best.

  • Women perform worse when they know they are competing against a man (thought to be a self fulfilling prophecy from stereotypes). Men don't seem affected by this.

None of those seem to be male fragility.

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