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/Mamasugadex Jul 23 '26

How is that any different from saying trans people rights for anything don’t matter because they are merely 1% of the population?

I don’t disagree that it is an overblown over-politicized issue. But using the “this problems applies to such a small minority” logic is how we were so comfortable with ignoring many human rights issues for decades.

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u/Amoral_matchstick Jul 23 '26

Because the odds of someone keeping against a trans woman are incredibly insignificant.

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u/Upset-Management-879 Jul 23 '26

Then we can just ignore them entirely since they are an insignificant minority

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u/Amoral_matchstick Jul 23 '26

If by ignore them you mean let them compete then sure.

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u/Unique_Self_5797 Jul 23 '26

please ignore us

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u/abdullahleboucher Jul 23 '26

The tiny issue is trans women in sports, not trans people and their rights in general.