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Message: [QUOTE="edcwy, post: 3454043, member: 227749"] Let me first speak to the competitive nature of poker vs the social nature of poker. In my experience, my personal self-reference aside, men/boys become accustomed and socialized to competitive systems/events of all kinds most likely beginning at a very young age. Certain cultures may have unique socialization patterns that moderate competition, but I think that is a pretty fair global assessment that men are more competitive by nature. From an anthropological point of view - why? simply, the male is trying to demonstrate superior genes to pass along - chest thumping. In the case of poker, intelligence, guile, cunning - gamesmanship. In my experience, I have postulated that woman compete among themselves in a hard to define social-game of communication and perception among each other. that has it's own unique set of rules for interaction. I'm doing my very best to not be sexist or misogynist in my statement. Help me ladies if I trend towards the line. Now, more than ever, society accepts the equanimity between a man and woman's intelligence. Science has proven that for a very long time, as if that wasn't obvious in the first place. Still, women face the glass ceiling, lower pay by 25%+- on par with that of men. Speaking to the superior social and communication experience of women over men, is there an opportunity in poker to present and position poker as a positive, interesting, modern, sophisticated social experience? The perception that poker is not a game of skill persists in the minds of the public and in my opinion lends to the characteristic unfavorably in terms of legalization that poker is gambling with all of the sorted associated behaviors: alcohol, cheating, and worse. If true....Then the venue matters. Is there an opportunity disassociate poker from "gambling" venues like casinos, or from dive bars, to social rooms? To something like a tea-society, and for that matter, with day care. And further, to use poker, not unlike using chess, as a game of strategy and skill to teach children math, probability, etc. What I'm getting at is - at large social acceptance broadly throughout society. [/QUOTE]

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