Curious as to what the justification is for having gendered chess categories in the first place, because literally the only thing I can think of ultimately amounts to they believe women are innately stupid.
@stavvers
Pretty sure I remember reading a while back that gendered sports categories were made entirely because men couldn't handle being beaten by women (I think the first one was marksmanship). It's an impossible situation, either we're excluded from the """real""" league so they can feel superior or if men are intentionally excluded they get pissy about it like it's their right to have access to women's spaces.
@stavvers
I've spent the better part of a week doing moderation work for a women's only charity game speedrunning event and it's been a non-stop display of fragile men who's dicks fell off over seeing talented women and trans inclusion.