# Proposal to explicitly ban sexism from the game room **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 9, 2021, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-to-explicitly-ban-sexism-from-the-game-room/948338 "2021-08-09T21:09:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 90
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-to-explicitly-ban-sexism-from-the-game-room/948338/90 "2021-08-12T14:57:50Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I think we’re mostly in broad agreement that sexist talk (i.e., “she should get into the kitchen and make me a sandwich”) is off-limits and reality-based or opinion-based talk ("the WNBA is less popular so it’s right that their players should be paid less than the NBA’s) isn’t. I guess the relevant question for ATMB is whether debate on the merits of _either_ proposition are appropriate _for the game room_. ETA: You may remember this topic, > [@Men competing against women in the olympics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-competing-against-women-in-the-olympics/947899): > > There has been some discussion about transgendered people competing in women’s classes, but I don’t want to discuss that. What I am wondering is a hypothetical about how much of an advantage men have over women in the olympic events. If a man for some reason was allowed to enter the women’s class of every olympic event, how many gold medals could he win? Also, who would be the ideal athlete for this? Someone like Usain Bolt maybe? was originally posted in some forum other than the game room. Having read through it I don’t see any sexism. ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-to-explicitly-ban-sexism-from-the-game-room/948338)._