From the Huffington Post:

British chess grandmaster Nigel Short is responding to criticism after recently arguing that inherent differences in men’s and women’s brains may explain why there are fewer female chess champions than males ones.

“Men and women’s brains are hard-wired very differently, so why should they function in the same way? I don’t have the slightest problem in acknowledging that my wife possesses a much higher degree of emotional intelligence than I do,” he wrote in the February issue of New In Chess magazine. “One is not better than the other, we just have different skills.”

“It would be wonderful to see more girls playing chess, and at a higher level, but rather than fretting about inequality, perhaps we should just gracefully accept it as a fact,” he added.

So why would Huff Post run such a blatantly chauvinistic report?  Well, obviously, for the counter-offensive that makes up the last 60% of the article.  Then, of course, you have the comments, which fluctuate wildly between the apoplectic, the apologetic, the politically correct, and the well-reasoned.

Anyone who has raised children or taught school knows that males and females are more different than some species.  We have different strengths and weaknesses, which is why it makes sense that we form partnerships called “the family.”

It’s both fascinating and disturbing that so many people are offended by those who say so.