Degradation of Female Chess Players

~ Clarissa

If you are a woman who has ever played chess competitively, you know how much sexist assholery you have to face just to be able to play the game. The World Chess Federation is doing all it can to humiliate and degrade female players. 

For instance, the next world championship will be held in Iran where female players aren’t allowed to play unless they dehumanize and debase themselves by wearing hijabs. Not only is this offensive to female players, but it also means that they have to betray the solidarity they feel for the women of Iran who are fighting against this and all forms of gender degradation. 

Of course, the chess superstars are refusing to go altogether. Women can’t play basketball until they put on “sexy” outfits and can’t play chess unless they put on anti-sexy outfits. They have to constantly dress and undress to flatter the vanities of some self-involved penis owners. 

This is ridiculous and insulting. 

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3 thoughts on “Degradation of Female Chess Players”

  1. More power to her.

    I only wish this happened in Tennis (and all sports, really). Multimillionaire players flock to Doha and other sheikhdoms every year to play tournaments and collect appearance fees. Fuck that shit.

    I really like the idea of boycotts as an excellent way to shame rogue corporations or countries into changing.

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  3. The linked article reminds me of why I hate the mainstream media anymore and the sad spectacle of people with no real journalism training being hired by major newspapers….

    I was looking for particular bit of information and couldn’t really find it. It says the federation doesn’t require head covering during the event but doesn’t make it clear whether Iranian law would…

    This is what happens when feeels become more important than writing skills. The whole thing is a hot mess of jumbling together unrealted issues.. blech

    Also, I understand being proud of her heritage and identity but if my name was Nazi I would change it….. or change the spelling to Nazee or something.

    In this case however, I am a proud Nazi supporter!

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