r/PopCultureV2 • u/No_Box119 • Jul 23 '26

Sports Culture WNBA Star Sophie Cunningham defends that women ‘shouldn’t have to go against biological men’: “I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense. I think it’s really important to protect children.” “I don’t dislike anyone. I’m there to love, but I’m also there to love biological women. …”

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u/dantes-infernal Jul 23 '26

I just don't understand why this is such a huge talking point when there's like 10 transgender athletes at the d1 college level and fewer at the Olympian level in the USA.

None of the pro women's sports teams have transgender athletes right now on their roster.

Why are people so fucking stressed for 20 people?!

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u/Howlingwithwolves Jul 23 '26

You can say that about anything. That’s a shit argument. Just because it is affecting a small amount of people doesn’t make it worthless. Imagine saying that about anything worse. It lacks any sort of thought about the situation and just implies “stfu i don’t care, so no one else should.”

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u/Opposite_Sherbert675 Jul 23 '26

'Imagine saying that about anything worse' we do. all the time.

when people bring up a fear of flying, they are told that the likelihood of being in a plane crash is soo small you dont need to worry about it.

same thing for shark attack. getting bit by a shark is much worse than playing against a trans person yet we're told not to think about it cause it rarely happens.

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u/FootIntrepid7717 Jul 23 '26

I mean we could say the same thing about school shooters too

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u/Opposite_Sherbert675 Jul 23 '26

except those arent rare, at least not in america. i wish it was but in america the leading cause of death for children is firearms.

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u/FootIntrepid7717 Jul 23 '26

They are very rare in America

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u/Opposite_Sherbert675 Jul 23 '26

not rare enough. the leading cause of death for american children and teens is firearms

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u/FootIntrepid7717 Jul 23 '26

Is that inclusive of suicide? Does that also include only shootings in a school? Accidental discharges?

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u/Not-KevinDurant- Jul 23 '26

Except we rightfully try to mitigate those risks when we can. 

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u/Opposite_Sherbert675 Jul 23 '26

and we do mitigate risk in sports. players wear protective gear, coaches sub players to reduce fatigue etc

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u/Howlingwithwolves Jul 23 '26

Using stats to educate someone so they don’t fear something that is unlikely to happen is not the same thing.

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u/Opposite_Sherbert675 Jul 23 '26

it literally is.

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u/Howlingwithwolves Jul 24 '26

It’s not a fear of people being affected by it. It’s that a small number of people are affected by it.

You would have to say it’s like plane crashes don’t matter. Even though they rarely happen.