We're far from knowing enough about the brain to say anything as conclusive as that.

We do know enough to say that there are some intrinsic differences- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_sex_difference...

Yes, there are some intrinsic differences, but not the ones phoinix implied. He went on to say that men are simply smarter than women, and so dang banned him. dang has got to be the best moderator I have ever seen.

The statistics of the top chess players proves you wrong.

https://en.chessbase.com/post/what-gender-gap-in-chess

Awesome article. I may be indeed wrong. It requires further research.

That sounds like a personal problem, and not really gender related. You should ask yourself why you're having difficulties treating people the same especially in a game.

That's beyond the pale, you can't do this here, and I've banned the account. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26916805.

Statistics are not inherently perfect. They completely ignore things like the environment, hostility towards women in the chess world, and do so on. Correlation is not causation and all that.

The reality is that orders of magnitude more men play chess than women do. Not that men are inherently smarter. As more women play chess, we'll see a more even distribution of rankings.

This is completely constructed in your mind. If you tried this vs any woman rated 100 points higher than you or more, this would be a death sentence. It has nothing to do with gender.

Avoiding the objectively best move just means you're making inaccuracies and blunders, giving the game away for free. Nobody above 1200 rating is going to be "afraid of their position" that is not a thing. Below 1200 rating, there may be people like that due to inexperience, but it would be across both genders IF it existed at all which I'm completely unconvinced of.

Play the board, not the opponent.