Startup Advocacy Group Addresses Gender Disparities in Poker

Do you think the gender gap will ever be narrowed in poker?

It may not reach the point where females outnumber males but it is definitely trending in the right direction with more and more female participation.

"We want equal rights. Men cannot play this event"

Originally Posted by celoshida

"We want equal rights. Men cannot play this event"

That is just silly - there are very legit reasons for having events for ladies only -some of which are addresses in the article.

Originally Posted by dakota-xx

That is just silly - there are very legit reasons for having events for ladies only -some of which are addresses in the article.

they are trying to be inclusive excluding men.

I'm all for equal rights and punishing idiots who sexually harass girls.

but creating more ladies events is not dealing with the issue.

I also post here what I wrote there in the comments:

I think, it is nice, that they do such special events for the ladies. I dunno, why many men complain about this. I also would not complain, if there were men only events. It is like in sauna, you can have separated days or mixed days.I never played live so far in a casino. I dunno how I would react, when someone acted with sexism towards me. I guess either pretty harsh or I would try to ask for the casino manager to show this guy the door.

it's a good thing that they try to bring more females to the tables but in my opinion it will never pass 60/40 with 40% women at the tables. I think men will always stay more attracted to the game than most of the women.

I like that these events are enabling more women to join the game. Totally different dynamics when we are well represented in the room

Yeah thank you

I think that the woman base is growing more and more every day. but I don't know if it will ever get to the point where its half and half

I personally hope we see more women playing poker in the future, but let's be clear about why casinos are trying to introduce more women to the game - it has nothing to do with equality, but simply has to do with creating the need for more poker tables and hence more income for the casinos.