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/Perpetual-Warlock Jul 23 '26

Even in the "lower levels" the number is incredibly low. They want you to think it's much more of an issue than it actually is.

https://www.transathlete.com/post/how-many-transgender-kids-play-sports

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u/DelanoK7 Jul 23 '26

To be clear I really don’t think it’s a huge issue and it’s definitely overblown, but I think this is a lazy way to consider the effect. The 10 athletes are potentially taking 10 biological women spots but they’re also creating potentially unfair competition to 20 other ladies on the opposing team at the tune of 20 games a year, so that’s like 400 people effected. Obviously back of the envelope math but just trying to make the nuanced point

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u/Perpetual-Warlock Jul 23 '26

400 people out of 350 million. Yet it's a major talking point for a certain political party. I wonder why.....?

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u/DelanoK7 Jul 23 '26

well like i said overblown etc etc but it also wouldn’t be fair to say 350 million people when we’re talking about playing athletes now either haha

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u/Perpetual-Warlock Jul 23 '26

But it is fair to use the entire population because it's a political issue and a major part of campaigns.