Grundy on Women (if you know what I mean)
Women.
I don’t usually take the time to respond to wayward posts from misinformed bloggers, but a certain Mrs. Goodson of TourneyBlog fame posted such an extremely sexist article on her personal blog “Mama Loves Poker” that I have to rebut. And, man, do I hate rebutting.
She goes on to say how women are better poker players, citing qualities such as intuition and the ability to multitask. Intuition is just guessing with a feminine spin on it. Men use skills such as deduction and reason and deductive reasoning to come to our conclusions in both life and poker. Guessing is a tactic of the clueless. And the idea that women are better multitaskers is both a sweeping generalization and a complete falsehood. If the underlying point being made here is that women are too scatter brained to focus on the game, than I tend to agree. Not to mention their inability to process emotions. It’s a wonder they aren’t constantly on tilt.
I have been accused of stereotyping women. “Women are lousy poker players.” “Woman can’t drive.” Yes, those are stereotypes. Stereotypes were created because they are USUALLY true. Not always, but usually. Black people USUALLY like fried chicken. I would argue that anyone who is not a vegetarian likes chicken and that frying any food makes it better tasting. So everyone USUALLY likes fried chicken.
But I digress.
Mrs. Goodson also mentioned that good looks give women an advantage at the poker table. This may be true with the stakes she usually plays, but the high rollers USUALLY put a higher value on cash than eye candy. Besides, MOST ladies who are into cards aren’t perfect 10s anywho.
So clearly Mrs. Goodson is a blatant sexist who should really know better. I mean, her name is Goodson! Not Gooddaughter!
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PokerVixen December 29th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
What I know for certain is that women are better proof readers. There’s a typo and a grammar error in your post.
Men use their “deductive reasoning” to guess wrong all the damn time. I know it for a fact. It keeps me supplied in cute purses, shoes and electronics.