Well OK, but it doesn’t explain why there’s a WGM. There isn’t a “woman sergeant” position, and we’d definitely take offense at a company defining separate “senior engineer” and “woman senior engineer” positions.. so why accept the condescension of WGM?
Re:Becoming a Chess Grandmaster
by mikepurvis on Monday July 26, 2021 @04:45PM
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Not all female players do:
"These titles are sometimes criticized and some female players elect not to take them, preferring to compete for open titles. For example, Grandmaster Judit Polgár, in keeping with her policy of playing only open competitions, never took a women's title."
Similarly, a Brigadier General is not the same rank as a General, despite some commonality in word choice between the two ranks.