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>Slight thread drift, but not completely outside the original topic - do you have an opinion of the U.S. women's chess champion (Paikidze-Barnes) and the world championship in Iran (and the possible boycott)?

Is that the woman who says she won't cover her head and thus won't compete? I haven't thought much about this. Mixed feelings, I guess. When I travel in the world and am told that I need to, say, cover my knees and shoulders to visit a particular church, I do it.

OTOH, the whole "women have to cover their bodies, but men don't" think annoys me greatly. One of my kids played in the Junior Jewish Basketball League here, and now and then, there'd be Orthodox kids. The Orthodox girls played with skirts over their shorts, while their brothers wore just the shorts. I'd get steamed up every time I saw it.

So, I'm torn between courtesy to one's hosts and the obvious sexism here.

Tamar