"I would encourage men to read this book. Even if you're not in a chess, there are a lot of opportunities that never stop," she says. "The reason to have girls-only competitions is just because we're so blind a man." In elementary school and junior high, it's not as cool to be like the only girl,. You actually just don't like it. So yeah, I think that there's a tremendous argument for having girls' events at this scholastic level".