Obviously this won’t work for all sports, but things like football, track, soccer, it would allow for de-gendered team, even allowing athletes with the skills but not the genetically-endowed physical attributes to have a place to play.

Note: I know very little about sports and being on a sports team, so please point out anything that doesn’t make sense.

  • kava@lemmy.world
    43·
    5 months ago

    You think that accounts for the differences? 42 of 2500 grandmasters are women because all the women are scared and intimidated of the men?

    Maybe this plays some small effect but I doubt it’s statistically significant enough in this context

    Like you said, it happens to men playing higher rated men. In order to go up in ranking, you need to play and beat progressively higher rated opponents.

    By the very nature of being a high level player, that player would have had to go through that.

    • JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee
      111·
      5 months ago

      It’s a phenomenon that’s been observed across multiple sports, not just between men and women chess players. It’s particularly poignant in men vs women’s chess… because of people repeatedly telling women they are inherently worse than men. Like you are doing right now.

      There’s been multiple studies on this. So yes, I side with the data that stereotype threat phenomenon has a significant impact on women’s performance in chess against men.

      • kava@lemmy.world
        52·
        5 months ago

        Show me. Link me a couple.

        I don’t think this effect can account for more than a small fraction of the difference. Let’s look at the research. I couldn’t find anything from a quick search but maybe I’m using wrong terms.