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Subject: Re: Investigation of women .

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 01:12:01 12/17/98

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On December 15, 1998 at 19:00:45, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>On December 15, 1998 at 16:14:04, Komputer Korner wrote:
>
>>Another explanation may be that women have more important things to do in life
>>such as raising children. Before you say that that is an unimportant activity,
>>let me remind you that if it weren't for women there would be a lot more Jeffery
>>Dahmers in every society. Also, in medical schools now, women outnumber the men.
>>--
>>Komputer Korner
>
>
>Hi KK:
>Surely it can be seen that way, but then you lose the sense of the debate. The
>issue is not a value loaded discussion about what is important or not, but why
>women does not appear in chess -and other activities- so often as men.
>Fernando

Fernando, that is exactly the point. Women don't consider these activities as
important as raising children and thus don't participate to the degree that men
do.
--
Komputer Korner



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