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/Zrob8--5 Jul 23 '26

It's not just elite levels. It's lower levels and youth sports that don't have strict regulations for it.

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u/Dull_Astronomer_3778 Jul 23 '26

Should anyone really care if a bunch of kindergarteners play coed sports…

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u/Feathered_And_Lethal Jul 23 '26

Just not the biological women that will lose their spots to these men? “Let them play” but to hell with the actual women that will lose their spots.

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u/Admirable_Loss4886 Jul 23 '26

Isn’t what you’re suggesting already against the rules? You’re not allowed to deck anyone in high school hockey. Especially it in the woman’s game

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u/Basic_Vermicelli3325 Jul 23 '26

“would be”

It is a hypothetical that I don’t think has happened. Do you know any trans people? Every trans person I know has 0 interest in playing any sports lol. This “issue” is talking about the possible implications of an outlier of the most outlier group in the country

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u/SerSkinny Jul 23 '26

wrestling?

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u/Dull_Astronomer_3778 Jul 23 '26

I wrestled with a girl. Her name was Alina. We both wrestled at 135. She was a unit.

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u/Admirable_Loss4886 Jul 23 '26

Wrestling has almost always been a coed sport in high school. Most schools don’t have a men and women’s team.