SmashCapps said: Well I'm just someone who writes the articles, but Smash Sisters events are starting to become a thing at a lot of majors and ALL women are accepted Click to expand...

Awesomeness :D I mean if someone argued otherwise, I figured I'd say something unorthodox. Actually I'll say it anyway, if anyone wants to hear it or is secretly lurking out there disagreeing with the value that everyone should be accepted. And because I really want to put this out there. Its not directed at anyone!While I think it would be non-progressive and outcasting and overall disappointing saddening thing if trans women weren't accepted, I think I understand the point of view that only cis women should compete.So here's my short argument/debate/essay/getting this off my chest thingy if anyone wants to disagree, or to just read it to hear an opinion, or whatever (just please source me if you're gonna quote this! Otherwise its like plagarizing, yo) its not directed at or against anyone! Well my opinion clashes but I'm not mad at anyone or against anyone.Smash Sisters is awesome. For one, its bringing women to the community. And the community still needs a feminine presence if you ask me. Too much BO (kidding! mostly...but hey, I'm still not at or against you, you do you, i just won't stand so close, k? ;P and maybe you don't want me to stand close cuz im a ****** XP ok don't pity me though, im not gollum and you're not frodo. if yourodo, HMU!) And again I like the idea of Smash Sisters, a lot! Especially because its a chance for me to be accepted and part of something, tbh.(...and people who tend to smell nicer. OKim done) But hey, who doesn't want to see how women stack up to men, right? Well.I mean, I imagine Smash Sisters is attractive to gamers who want to see girls play and compare them to men. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. Since our culture is binary and sees the genders as more different than they/we are, itreinforce non-factual stereotypes, of which are created because we often rely on social interaction to form many of our beliefs (often without realizing it, I reckon) and we further tend to compare men to women without realizing it (in my opinion and in my experience interacting with people, especially men, at least in my opinion). So besides my obvious argument that all women should be accepted because I am a woman too (see my numbered out argument below), I see the opposing side. I mean, I used to have a "male" brain, right? At least, people might see it that way. And hey, I know that the fun thing is proving peoples' opinions wrong, so I'm all for showing that women can compete with men!My argument, layed out, is that, for 1: male and female gamers don't have any discernible differences in terms of skill/talent, or attributes therein. I mean, maybemen have faster reaction times and women have more emotional understanding.I have no idea if those are averages, they're just what came to mind at first.2: If we do have any differences, they may be socially caused, and we attribute them to genetics. People say women are more emotional...but boys are taught to repress emotions. In my experience, from taking hormones, I do tend to cry easier. But only by a little bit. I also tend to be less angry and prone to rage quitting. I also am not as driven to win as I used to be. But even that is just my own personal experience, and one person should not be what data is based off of. Because what if my changes are from me accepting myself more than just the different hormone levels?3: Concerning trans women and genetic women differences: Just because I was fated with XY chromosomes, that doesn't mean anything else about me is necessarily male. Even neurologists and psychologists have a difficult time pinpointing the gender differences in the brain, AFAIK. My opinion is that even though I have a male body, my brain is decidedly more female, if not completely. But again, we are more similar than different. Its not like one gender has a brain part that the other doesn't. We're all made from the same sperm and egg, people! Not literally the same but we're all hoomans! In, genitals are just physical differences literally only caused by hormone levels pre-natally (if you're interested in learning more, look up sexual differentiation, all fetuses start out identical...and we have tails!). Furthermore, even if the brain parts are slightly different, this goes to counter that: there have been studies that show trans women's brains reacting similarly to cis women's in MRI scans.4: Acknowledging the other side: I do think there are some male attributes that I have, due to being socialized for 21 years as one. But I hated every (conscious, waking) minute of that socialization. So if women are put down by the patriarchy, then the confusion, denial, ostracization, and etc that happens to trans women by at least part of society, ought to amount to some sort of similar perspective--that is, having the brain of a woman and the body of a man would make us interpret things in a female way while being taught in a male way. So I don't think there's any distinct male advantage I'd have if I was competing against other women.5: If I do have some sort of male advantage that I don't see (you can point it out, I might debate with you if I disagree though), then I also have the disadvantage of not being socialized around women and as a woman, because society didn't see me as one (shaping how people treat me instantly. From my experience being androgynous, one of if not the first thing people do when interacting with me is to try and determine my gender, so their brain can click into the heuristics and behaviours aligning with my identity in their eyes), and I was too shy to speak up, at risk of being put down and denied and shunned and shamed etc (again no pity please, I don't want to rhetorically persuade you). This could mean I wouldn't understand the intricacies, subtleties, nuances, what have you, of the way women interact and further, compete, as well as most cis women do.Conclusion thing:Its frustrating enough that non esports are segregated (physical differences is a decent point but idk, my opinion on that is complicated but i understand the segregation for the most part) BUTESPORTS SHOULD NEVER BE SEGREGATED. HUZZAH! (don't huzzah with me unless you're staying individually fully aware, I get frightened at the thought of the mob mentality, fyi.)So yeah!