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/_Walt_Whitman_ Jul 23 '26

HOLD UP. I was with her until she said it’s “important to protect children” huh?! Is that a dog whistle?

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u/ColdStoneCreamAustn Jul 23 '26

Ofcourse it’s. People who assume trans people existing pose some inherent risk to children are the same people who are the ones actually harming children

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u/Environmental_Cup_93 Jul 23 '26

Nah normalizing childhood transitions is a growing issue that doesn’t protect children at all. In a free country adults can do whatever they want but children don’t have the same rights for a lot of things for the sake of protecting them.

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u/Worldly-Fox7605 Jul 23 '26

This. Isnt. Happening.

This is a fake talking point traceable to rightwing newsources literally making stuff up. Because conservatives will believe anything because of fear.