Why so few female chess players?

Originally posted by @eladar
I don't know much about marksmanship, but from the olympic numbers it seems men do better.

Pearl diving is dead, no women do it anymore.

I've already explained why gymnastics is not comparable.

I find it funny how people here can actually try to claim that women are a match for men physically.

If this were true, then rhe military would not need t ...[text shortened]... ments, then sure, women are equal to men in athletics.

You can do away with title 9 as well.

Maybe if they make chess more like discus women would like chess better.

If you are a female you can replace one of your bishops with a queen.

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That was wrong, but the skeet shooting isn't exactly an athletic event.

Remember, athleticism is the topic, not like many chess players are expected to understand the term.