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1. etiennebausson · 1790230765 · focus · HN ↗

   I'm a bit curious about the rationale behind splitting the category by gender for rubik's cube. Is there a difference in dexterity to justify it?

   Sound about as useful as splitting rubik's cube champion by weight class.

   Video looks impressive, though the resources poured into that training seems excessive to me. Maybe I'm too poor and don't understand how rich people raise their kids?

   1. MarcScott · 1790231532 · focus · HN ↗

      It's probably more about encouraging participation in the event amongst women. There's probably a hundred male competitive cubers for every female cuber. Having it segregated means that stories like this find their way onto the front page of HN.

      1. figassis · 1790236074 · focus · HN ↗

         I get it, but if women feel discouraged in a sport they're perfectly qualified for and not disadvantaged in the least, creating a category jus tto accomodate anxiety or lack of interest is actually discrimination no?

         Shouldn't the work of incentivising more women be outside of the tournament and not bend the tournament altogether?

         1. agos · 1790238915 · focus · HN ↗

            that's a debate as old as affirmative action policies, which have existed since a long time. Calling them "actually discrimination" is a bit reductive

            1. Markoff · 1790240218 · focus · HN ↗

               I remember when it was called publically "positive discrimination", but I guess it's not part of the newspeak, because everyone can see it's actually a discrimination even if you slap there "positive" to make it look better.

               1. agos · 1790240308 · focus · HN ↗

                  "affirmative action" has been in use since the early 60s, are you that old?

                  1. brigandish · 1790259997 · focus · HN ↗

                     Easy now, I’m sure there are plenty of people on this forum that can remember the 60s.

                     1. Markoff · 1790261771 · focus · HN ↗

                        anyway I don't get what has official name since 60s to do with how people commonly called it up until recently, at least in 90s it was frequently called positive discrimination, heck I even remember when black people could be called black and not african american

                        judging by the response I assume "positive discrimination" ain't mainstream anymore in the US

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