Trans WTF?

[vetran]

Testosterone regulates many functions in the body, including brain functions such as memory.

Men also have 10% larger brains than women, that maybe another advantage when it comes to playing chess at top level.

So men may well have a biological advantage when it comes to chess. The stats are only 37 women grandmasters out of a total of 1600 in the world.

now that is a reasonable counter but it sort of ruins the equality, equal pay etc. arguments doesn't it?

[SueEllen]

Testosterone regulates many functions in the body, including brain functions such as memory.

Men also have 10% larger brains than women, that maybe another advantage when it comes to playing chess at top level.

So men may well have a biological advantage when it comes to chess. The stats are only 37 women grandmasters out of a total of 1600 in the world.

The larger brains haven't been found to be filled with anything useful.

[Zigenare]

The larger brains haven't been found to be filled with anything useful.

Yet. However I believe a man has taken over the role of chief scientist in the latest investigation.

[xoggoth]

Going back to chess, why do chess boards have kings and queens? Transphobic, should be them pieces with equal moves.

[vetran]

The larger brains haven't been found to be filled with anything useful.

Your "lighter more agile brain" doesn't seem to be helping you much!

[vetran]

Going back to chess, why do chess boards have kings and queens? Transphobic, should be them pieces with equal moves.

Can you imagine The LGBT[A-Z,0-9] pieces?

Bisexual - flops whichever they want.
Gay Queen- Goes anywhere in a bendy line.
Pansexual - can go anywhere on the board
???

[NotAllThere]

We've already got a thread about trans women in female changing rooms. We don't need two, so I've deleted the posts in this one. I'd have merged them, but the forum software is broken.

Meanwhile back on topic: https://phys.org/news/2009-01-men-hi...iological.html

[wattaj]

We've already got a thread about trans women in female changing rooms. We don't need two, so I've deleted the posts in this one. I'd have merged them, but the forum software is broken.

Meanwhile back on topic: https://phys.org/news/2009-01-men-hi...iological.html

I'm not adverse to merging threads, but doing so in this instance loses the additional, clarifying context as to why ICF have made their ruling.

[vetran]

We've already got a thread about trans women in female changing rooms. We don't need two, so I've deleted the posts in this one. I'd have merged them, but the forum software is broken.

Meanwhile back on topic: https://phys.org/news/2009-01-men-hi...iological.html

so there is no biological difference but fewer women play chess, the top females are more than a match for the males?

Therefore no advantage for a trans woman and no reason to exclude them from playing? As I said WTF?

[xoggoth]

We've already got a thread about trans women in female changing rooms. We don't need two, so I've deleted the posts in this one. I'd have merged them, but the forum software is broken.

Meanwhile back on topic: https://phys.org/news/2009-01-men-hi...iological.html

Yeh, but you deleted my blithering which was about chess.