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why boys > girls in esports ?

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#85
laurus
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Sexist in what way?

As far as I can see, there are only-women tournaments in chess, but no only-men tournaments. So the sexism you talk about is in fact against men.

#87
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Chess has always been and still is a notoriously conservative and traditionalist scene. There are literally OPEN statements from current grandmasters completely disregarding and belittling women in the scene. You literally dont even need that much googling

#88
TheHardStuckImmortal
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Literally, the same reasons why game changers exist.

To bring the average skill level of women up so they can compete with men eventually.

It's not sexism its called equity and is the most basic ethical concept that even 5th graders can grasp.

#91
laurus
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Why do we need equity?

#94
TheHardStuckImmortal
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why do we not need equity?

#97
laurus
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Equity is wrong, it gives undeserved opportunities to a certain group of people, meanwhile neglecting the hard work of a fraction of other group of people.

It's like if you were required to have a quota - 40% of all workers in the company must be female for the sake of equity attempt, although only 10% of them are good enough for the job, meanwhile the rest are worse than the males you can hire.

#103
TheHardStuckImmortal
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E-sports isn't an institution and what you described is a reservation which is a product of equity. Only 5% of all esports players are female and that figure further reduces when it comes to FPS games. Equity in esports isn't taking away any jobs or opportunities for their male counterparts.

If you are going to make an example at least base it on some sort of economic common sense. No company irrespective of how "woke" they are going to implement reservations based on a 1:4 ratio.

I mean even without equity please give me one company that reserves more seats than the number of candidates that are capable of the job. I would love to join that company XD.

#138
V0sotros
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Equity exists because of the institutions that exist. Let's take you workers quota example, Traditionally for thousands of years it has been expected that men have the jobs and women stay in the home. It wasn't until around the 1800s when women were even allowed to work in the United States, and it wasn't until WW1 and WW2 that it was even considered normal for a woman to even work. Despite evening this divide out, there is still a large disparity between men and women. There are still conservative groups that encourage women to stay home and not work, and women have not had a long enough tradition of having high-skilled jobs to say they are equal yet. Equitable solutions like making employment quotas in the workforce and affirmative action in American universities allows these minority groups that were initially discriminated against encouraged to gain the skills to work in high skill labor and destroy the institutions that lead to the cycle of poverty that disproportionately affect minority groups.

#89
TheHardStuckImmortal
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And also don't forget about the countless cases of sexual harassment and misconduct that have occured in chess training institutions.

Just recently GM Alejandro Ramirez had been alleged of sexual misconduct with a minor.

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