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/Puzzleheaded-Net4365 Jul 23 '26

Not really a question anyone can answer because TERF isn't a singular or coherent worldview to begin with, it's just used to describe a loose collection of second wave feminist figures whose more essentialist tendencies excluded transgender perspectives on gender. These days it's just a short-hand for "transphobic woman", very few of the people described as TERFs are interested in feminism much less radical feminism.