The accepted role for the female has been the homemaker. Thus, in the past, when women were not encouraged to take an aggressive role in society, the background of experience was not available to them in many spheres, chess being one. More reasonable men than Fine have different ideas, some which are so tenuous that they are difficult to counter. International Grandmaster Harry Golombek who is also a chess arbiter, a writer, and a long-time student of the game revealed his belief that, apart from lack of opportunity for women, there was another reason for differences between their play and that of men. There is a different quality of imagination involved.
Men are more imaginative and women are better technically.
Vera Menchik was a case in point. There she stands head and shoulders above the rest. Prejudices die hard. If Harry were correct, the playing of quality chess by a computer would be doomed to failure, whereas in fact the best chess programs are those that are technically correct and use brute force to search for options. There is no imagination involved at all.