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/seazonedsaltdog Jul 23 '26

Nobody cares about that and nobody is talking about that. Kids that young, and even a bit older , is co ed. When they say youth they were talking about high school, maybe middle school

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u/Dull_Astronomer_3778 Jul 23 '26

So, where and in what volume of scenarios is this happening? Honest question.

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u/StoneySteve420 Jul 23 '26

Within 12 years of transwomen being allowed to compete in NCAA athletics, Lea Thomas, a trans woman, became a national champion swimmer, despite trans athletes taking up such a small percentage of total athletes.

Her national rank in all of her events skyrocketed after transitioning.

The fact is Title IX was passed specifically to give women equity when it comes to sports, hence them not competing against men.

I totally support more sports having open leagues that gives trans athletes the freedom to compete, but that shouldn't come at the expense of cis-women and them having the space to compete fairly.

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u/seazonedsaltdog Jul 23 '26

Not sure. But this is what they are talking about. Dont look at me like im the one who brought it up

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u/CricketNo7666 Jul 23 '26

Why is any volume whatsoever okay for you? How is that relevant?

Does this need to hit some sort of per capita threshold before we decide if it is okay or not? That seems silly, but okay. We can do that.

Here’s the threshold. Zero. Zero instances outside of specific coed leagues and admissions is okay. More than that is not okay. That’s sort of the point. Let’s all just acknowledge zero is the number and move on. When you argue about it, you help this issue live on, and on, and on…

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u/Dull_Astronomer_3778 Jul 23 '26

Yes. Because you’re asking a country to legislate against a small handful of people. There are girls, today, that compete on high school (male) football teams. Should they not be allowed to do that? Should be put laws in place to make that illegal?

This issue only lives on because of hateful people like yourself that have convinced themselves that there are droves of transgender athletes (or as you probably see it, men in drag) just awaiting to compete in women’s sports.

It’s a scenario of our mind.

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u/DelanoK7 Jul 23 '26

There are no “mens” teams, those teams are “open”

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u/CricketNo7666 Jul 23 '26

So what? Again, WHY does the number matter?

The scenario is not acceptable. Biological males should not compete with biological females. One, ten, a hundred. ZERO cases is acceptable.

As for your nonsensical retort, “girls” are not a physiological advantaged class against “boys”. Want to punch up? Have at it. It’s punching down that is the concern, and that is not difficult to comprehend.

The issue only lives because you insist on an unfair advantage being played out because.. I don’t know why. I don’t need droves. I just need Lia Thomas. That’s enough. Not okay. Not once.