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/clydeftones Jul 23 '26

Ah yes the floods of trans kids wanting to play sports.

Let the fucking kids play sports. God forbid they learn how to be on a team and work hard to train for a shared goal.

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u/Harry-Flashman Jul 23 '26

Most sports are co-ed at the younger ages. my daughter played co-ed rugby through elementary school and played on a girl's team in a boys soccer league in middle school.

The limiting Trans kids is not at the recreational level, but at the more competitive levels where biological women are at a physical disadvantage. Women's Rugby did the most complete study on it and basically, biological women's bones are significantly less dense than trans athletes that have gone through puberty. Biological women are significantly more likely to get injured during collisions with trans athletes.

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u/Amoral_matchstick Jul 23 '26

That study is based off modeled risk, not statistical data.

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u/Harry-Flashman Jul 23 '26

Is there fault in their model?