Re: Re: Further Akron AA lunacy

[Guest guest]

You have a lot of apologistic excuses for why there are different levels of

competition for men and women. Mike.

Re: Re: Further Akron AA lunacy

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> > In a message dated 6/26/01 12:34:52 AM US Eastern Standard Time,

> > watts_pete@h... writes:

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> > The jury is out on the relative abilities of males and females

> at

> > chess, but it's likely that there are few top women players

> simply

> > because girls are smart enough to spot a waste of time when they

> see

> > it. It is a decdiedly male characteristic to become obsessional

> about

> > intricate matters of no consequence; it's called autism.

> >

> >

> >

> > Ah Pete, I could only wish that were true. I have little doubt

> Mikey could

> > beat me at Chess, because it never caught my fancy. What Mikey

> could not beat

> > me at, however, is the utterly inconsequential but rapturously

> enjoyable game

> > called Bridge.

> >

> > --Mona--

> >

[Guest guest]

The best women players in the world can not even get into the top of the

rankings of the best men.And that is with male grandmasters trying to teach

them. Mike.

Re: Further Akron AA lunacy

> For what it's worth, spatial relations was one of my highest scoring

> aptitude tests in high school and one reason (together with the rest

> of my profile) that my counselor said if I weren't a girl, I could ber

> an engineer. Yet I've never won a game of chess in my life.

>

> Obviously, however, it's easy to say that men are better chess players

> when so many more men than women play.

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> > In a message dated 6/26/01 1:15:31 AM US Eastern Standard Time,

> > mikdan7@h... writes:

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> > This is true. In the aggregate, men are superior in matters

> concerning

> > spatial relationships than women are. Of course, this us tells

> nothing about

> > the capabilities of any particular man or woman.

> >

> > I haven't played Chess in over 20 years, and have no doubt that most

> > regular-playing kids could beat me at that game. You probably could

> too,

> > Mikey.

> >

> > But I'd have ya screaming for mercy, Mikey, at:

> >

> > 1. Trivial Pursuit;

> > 2. Outburst;

> > 3. Jeopardy; or

> > 4. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding.

> >

> > --Mona--

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