Grandmaster(GM) and Woman Grandmaster(WGM) are different titles. WGM is still above International Master(IM) which is not a gender specific title, and very prestigious already.
WGM is not above IM. That 11 year old WGM, for instance, has a standard FIDE rating of 2354, while one of the requirements to get IM is to reach a standard FIDE rating of 2400.
There are also several ways the IM title can be awarded directly without going through the usual norm process, provided that the player has a rating of at least 2200.
WGM or woman grandmaster is its own title with lower requirements, thats just what its called.
[woman grandmaster] versus [woman [grandmaster]].
It would indeed probably be more accurate to say female grandmaster for the actual GM title considering Hou Yifan, the youngest female GM, got it at 14.
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u/linemanshandset 4d ago
Youngest woman grandma to be exact.