actually i wrote an entry first, removed it, wrote only the short note, thought about just leaving it as it is and finally hit the save button anyway.

nobody ever claimed women only tournaments are discrimination against women. so why do you bring this up? you made an entry about the percentage of women making a bachelor degree... how is the percentage in professors? (here it is 50% vs. 12%) in between there is arguably little open discrimination, just a lot of silent one and a lot of "choices". however the limited choices offered tend to offer better chances for men to follow academic carreers. and how easily you dismissed the lack of female role models in hikaru no go when even a female professional player commented on that (cho hye yeon on her weblog). why do you obsessed about the female only qualification tournament won by fujisawa rina and not about the regional qualification tournaments (with less competition as well)? and if the percentage of top players is somehow related to the composition of the total player base shouldn't this disturb you? isn't that discrimination in go? isn't often a single incidence like this reason enough for children to change the hobby - especially if they are just starting out and other more "female" hobbies available? did you ever notice how condescendingly breakfast writes about female players? ("About her Go style: I think, it's typical for all girls. She prefers peaceful games and afraid of beeing attacked/killed.")

kind regards tapir

please comment on hikaru no go:

how are female players depicted in the manga/anime? are there any role models for girls there? isn't go depicted as a male enterprise - even if sai corrects the worst misconceptions of hikaru?

ps you didn't even notice the whole paragraph i wrote about that topic even after starting with "i don't care about lance armstrong."