I didn't say, in fact I said the opposite, that all sports cannot be competed by women alongside men. The ones based on physicality cannot, certainly other than complete outliers. The ones that can - like darts etc - are separated because of tradition, men being cunts or because women don't feel comfortable (mostly because men can be cunts).

These sports - which many would argue aren't sports anyway, not me, but some would - aren't based on physical stuff.

The ones you listed, let's be real, are tiny sports without real funding or public interest on a sporting level. Maybe the odd woman will play snooker - I wish more did - or darts or bowls. Not really comparable to boxing, football, rugby, cricket, basketball, baseball, all the events in swimming, cycling, athletics and basically most other sports.

When you say "sadly, protecting fragile male egos is behind much of the segregation of the sexes" I don't see that. In the small section of overall sports you mentioned - essentially pub sports and chess - of course, the only reason women can't or don't compete equally isn't because of biology (at the top level) so it must be due to other things, which we can and should change. But come on - boxing? Rugby?

Here are, according to some bullshit website I took 5 seconds to verify, the top 10 sports in the world:


Rank Sport Name Amount of Fans Regions
1 Football (Soccer) 3.5 Billion Europe, Africa, Asia, America
2 Cricket 2.5 Billion Asia, Australia, UK
3 Hockey 2 Billion Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
4 Tennis 1 Billion Europe, Asia, America
5 Volleyball 900 Million Europe, Australia, Asia, America
6 Table Tennis 850 Million Europe, Africa, Asia, America
7 Basketball 800 Million America, Oceania, Middle East
8 Baseball 500 Million America, Japan
9 Rugby 475 Million Oceania, South Africa, England
10 Golf 450 Million America, Oceania, Europe


Here is another


rank Sport Estimated Fans Regional Popularity
1. Soccer / Association Football 3.5 Billion Europe, Africa, Asia, America.
2. Cricket 2.5 Billion Asia, Australia, UK.
3. Field Hockey 2 Billion Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia.
4. Tennis 1 Billion Europe, Asia, America.
5. Volleyball 900 Million Europe, Australia, Asia, America.
6. Table Tennis 850 Million Europe, Africa, Asia, America.
7. Baseball 500 Million America, Japan.
8. Golf 450 Million Europe, Asia, America, Canada.
=9 Basketball 400 Million America.
=9 American Football 400 Million Europe, Africa, Asia, America, Australia.

How would "women" fare if there was no womens separation in these sports?

So yes, in some sports there is not a sex based physical advantage (at the top) and women should compete against men. Of course. The reason they don't isn't biological, it's because of things like tradition or inclusion or societal things. I'm not sure that changes what I was saying though. Sports are split, generally speaking, into competitions where people have a generally equal chance and the bottom of that pyramid - from sex to how webbed your feet are or how big your hands are - is sex. The ones that have no sex based advantage, then of course - open event. The ones that do - which is most sports by a mile - should have divisions, be it either on weight or sex. I don't see any other way around it.