Girls need to be more competitive, new research reveals Thursday 18 August 2016 Girls need to be taught to be more competitive, new research from Université Paris-Saclay finds. Professors José de Sousa and Guillaume Hollard studied more than...
The Gender Gap Issue
Why the Gender Gap Will Eventually CloseSEPT. 13, 2014Economic ViewBy TYLER COWEN Debates over the supposed differences between men and women are a staple of pop culture. But two new books offer an economic look at the evidence, giving...
Women Barred from Upcoming Hearthstone Tournament?
Opinion: Hearthstone tournament controversy shows the folly of eSports’ ambitionsby Ozzie Mejia, Jul 02, 2014 11:00am PDTRelated Topics – PC, eSports Update: I had previously reached out earlier in the day to fighting game commentator and video game law...
Men, women and chess skill: The whole truth
Men, women and chess skill: The whole truth (1) German grandmaster and chess24 author Ilja Zaragatski, who has a degree in Economics and Sociology as well as considerable expertise in (evolutionary) psychology, takes a scientific but light-hearted look at...
Are female chess players weaker?
Pestaño: Are female chess players weaker?By Frank ‘Boy’ PestañoChessmosoThursday, March 13, 2014 MARCH is International Women Month and here are some comments about women chess. “They’re all weak, all women. They’re stupid compared to men. They shouldn’t play chess,...
The Science of Chess Gender explained
December 29, 2008 in Everyday Science Men’s Chess Superiority Explained A study published by the Royal Society finds that men’s superiority over women at chess at the top levels can be explained by population size. Since many more men...
Just as competitive as boys?
Girls Are as Competitive as Boys � Just More SubtleBy ED YONGJune 27, 2008 — ABC News Girls are no less competitive than boys, they simply employ more subtle tactics, a study of pre-schoolers suggests. While boys use head-on...
Women don’t belong in chess?
This is a funny but true scenario that happened quite often in chess. Click here to view the clip. It was only a little more than 20 years ago that I became the first woman to qualify for the...
Gender equality in sport gets a big boost
Wimbledon Agrees to Equal Prize Money Women Players Will Receive as Much as MenBy KRYSTYNA RUDZKIAP Sports WIMBLEDON, England (Feb. 22) – After years of holding out against equal prize money, Wimbledon bowed to public pressure Thursday and agreed...
Chess Gender Gap issue in the NY Post
Artwork by Mike Magnan GENDER GAP’S DUE TO MORE GUYS THAN GALSBy ANDY SOLTISFebruary 11, 2007 — Chess AN article in the current issue of Psychological Science tackles the mystery of the vast disproportion between male and female masters...