Sorry, Feminists, Men Are Better at Scrabble

Wall Street Journal ^ | November 16, 2018 | Heather Mac Donald

[reaganaut1]

Chess is a similar story. There has never been a female world champion, and the top-ranked woman, Hou Yifan of China, is ranked 91 in the world, according to objective Elo ratings calculated from game results.

Unequal outcomes, especially at the extremes, do *not* prove the process was unfair.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

Men are better at driving too...

[central_va]

Mens are more better.

[Chickensoup]

I don’t think so.

Insurance stats and rates prove it.

[central_va]

He said better, not safer.

[Chickensoup]

Listen, they are not using Pink chess pieces.

Women would win if the chess pieces were of two shades of pink.

Got that?

[real saxophonist]

French World Scrabble? Do all the words have to be in French?

[Chickensoup]

If women get in less accidents, that can be a key factor in being a better driver.

[I want the USA back]

Can’t read article, subscription required.

[central_va]

No, you don’t get. I have seen guys that were very coordinated and skilled at something but were also dare devils. Pushing it to the limit. You don’t understand the young male mind.

[Gay State Conservative]

My Mum and Dad were children of the Depression.They both grew up in very difficult "circumstances"...very possibly worse than those of the typical family of the era.As a result neither of them were able to go to college despite being quite intelligent.

I cannot be sure about my Dad but my Mum,despite her relative lack of "formal" education,routinely completed the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle.

In pen.

My guess is that she would have held her own in any Scrabble game...at any level.

[Fai Mao]

When a woman stops on an acceleration ramp and gets rear-ended it isn’t her fault. Even though she caused the accident.

[Gay State Conservative]

If women get in less accidents, that can be a key factor in being a better driver.

Yes,it could be.But it also could be due to things like the number of miles men and women drive,the time of day they drive and the types of roadways they use.I'd be willing to bet that insurance companies and Government agencies have very detailed stats covering many variables.

[Chickensoup]

What does that have to do with any thing.

When anyone stops on an acceleration ramp they get rear ended.

Unless you are implying that men take the blame for women’s driving.

A good driver would be able to stop when there is a object in their travel path. And women would be plowing into these women drivers who you say stop on ramps.

[Chickensoup]

Oui.

[Chickensoup]

So overall, as I said, women are better drivers.

[wally_bert]

My grandfather had only a high school education but was scrabble whiz.

He also had a ton of awards and the like from multiple accounting orgs.

[central_va]

If a very skilled stunt/test pilot kills himself pushing an aircraft to the limit do we call him a bad pilot? No, he was very skilled pilot. He pushed it, gambled and lost. You could call him unsafe but not unskilled. See the difference?

[Chickensoup]

That may be the case but with the information we have, women are better drivers.

The most dangerous driving age is 40 to 60 year old men on motorcycles.

[wally_bert]

My wife has an English degree and I generally win at scrabble.

She does better than me at monopoly.