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Originally Posted by SeijiSensei
I'd have to rewatch season one, but don't the genders compete separately at the professional level like they do in Go and Shougi? Chihaya wants to become "Queen" not "Meijin." It's a big issue in Shion no Ou, too.
As a Westerner, I never understood the rationale for this at all. Since physical strength is largely irrelevant in these games, it seems purely a patriarchal notion about womens' abilities versus mens'. Women don't play professional poker at separate tables, for instance. |
Funny enough my friend (who I successfully got to watch this series) said the same thing to me today. But my interpretation of this (and I am just speculating) is not that they think men and women can't compete together but isn't it nicer for publicity to have two champions a man and a woman each year.
After all don't men & women still compete against each other at other times?