Conformity And Group Norms In Chess

Conformity is defined as a tendency to change our behaviors, opinions, or perceptions that are consistent with group norms. For example, when you are around a group of chess players as a guy, you expect to get comfortable playing chess with other men even when you perceive yourself to be more comfortable around women than other men. This is consistent with the fact that the game of chess is known to be male-dominated. Many people are not going to care about your own needs and wants as a chess player and the moment that you mention anything outside of the usual group norms in chess club meetings, expect them to exert normative influence on you with negative reactions in an attempt to pressure you to conform to their group norms. Many of the fellow chess players fail to acknowledge your
Even without saying anything, those men that I played with simply thought of me as being a stranger to them because I was treating them as such. My response to such reaction was to simply forget who my opponent is because I made my own choice to refuse to connect with him on a personal level.
There was one female chess parent who just said “okay” in response to seeing my deviant behavior at the chess club. At that moment, I could tell by that reaction that she was being neutral about my deviant behavior. My response to this reaction was that I thought that I had to deal with uncertainty as far as whether or not she acknowledged that I had my own reasons for doing so. I thought that her reaction was rather weak when she said “okay.” This ended up giving me the idea that I am receiving little or no support in my endeavor in promoting the game among women, even though I’m trying to pull my weight