What would it take for chess to become a female dominated game?

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2. Maybe it starts as not referring to women as females.

3. It already is female led.

   The Queen can move any fucking distance in any straight or diagonal line on the board… and all those male pieces, name me ONE piece who moves better than that.

   The rook, A very masculine piece can only move straight. The bishop, which gets its name from a very religious masculine character, can only move in a diagonal because it’s secretly not straight. The knight is bi because it only moves two out of three places in one direction, and then another perpendicular. The pawns can only move two spaced forward on initial moves, and from there only one, and in One Direction. And the king… He’s basically the most miserable and vulnerable piece of all. All it takes is for him to not be able to move in any direction to get out of check, whether you use a queen a bishop and a rook, or a queen and two other queened pawns to do so.

4. More women taking up the game?

5. Is this something that needs to happen, lol.

6. Chess is one of the oldest board games in history. History has been mean to women in the past. Women has been equal to men for I believe way less than 10% of all human history. Today we are equal in democratic free countries. Russia has a law where a little violence towards the wife is ok. Religion has a big impact on it. In the Catholic Church I believe that women are not allowed to be priest. Thinking of chess today tho the past has nothing to do with it. Its just that men find it more interesting i guess.

7. Maybe it starts by teaching and developing a interest in Chess.

   Explain why it is benefical for them. (decision making; stratergies; therapy)

   Then it will be female led.

8. Female what? Dogs, monkeys, chickens? Quite a while I’d guess.