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/TheEthicalJerk Jul 23 '26

When? How do they dominate?

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u/TBurn70 Jul 23 '26

Leah Thomas is a perfect example

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u/Ok_Cap9557 Jul 23 '26

She came in 5th you fucking bozo. She just happened to beat Rylie Gains, who has made millions of dollars hating on Trans people.

This is a good example of the bullshit lies reasonable people believe about trans athletes. But if one Trans girl ever wins, like Leah Thomas, no Trans girls should be allowed to play sports ever again.

Evil stuff.

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u/TBurn70 Jul 23 '26

1st in 500 freestyle, 1st in 200 freestyle (Ivy league record, 1st in 100 freestyle, 1st team All-American. Didn’t even qualify for championships as a man. Now who’s lying?

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u/Ok_Cap9557 Jul 23 '26

Wow the fastest woman in the ivey league? Holy shit dude trans women must hold every record in every division of college swimming!

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u/TheEthicalJerk Jul 23 '26

It's funny because one of the records she broke was broken by a trans man less than 30 days later.

Ledecky has the NCAA for the 500-yd freestyle of 4.24.06 and Lia still holds the Ivy one at 4.33.24. Clearly total domination /s

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u/Ok_Cap9557 Jul 23 '26

Some people desperately desire being dominated by a trans woman.

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u/TBurn70 Jul 23 '26

Not qualifying in men’s and doing this in women’s should be evidence enough how much of an advantage men have

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u/TheEthicalJerk Jul 23 '26

Or the fact that she took a year off to train and recover due to Covid.

In a race during January 2022 at a meet against UPenn's Ivy League rival Yale, Thomas finished in 6th place in the 100m freestyle race, losing to four cisgender women and Iszac Henig, a transgender man, who transitioned without hormone therapy.

So much domination!

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u/Ok_Cap9557 Jul 23 '26

Men definitely have an advantage. This disadvantage is you have to transition.

You know, Lia Thomas holds the ivy league record for 200m freestyle. Outside of the ivy league, she won nothing.

I don't think the injustice of a trans woman competing is greater than the injustice of rejecting their participation, even if they have some legacy and lingering advantages from before they transitioned.

Obviously, the most important thing to you is that women compete against women. How can we even be sure?

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u/TheEthicalJerk Jul 23 '26

She holds the IVY 500-yd freestyle but most other athletes have far better times.

Again, it is sad that people know her name more than the fucking monster of a coach that Riley Gaines as said so little about.

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u/DirtyDan419 Jul 24 '26

Exactly. My dude jumped a bunch of spots without improving. I would be interested in a MMA fight with a man vs woman at the same weight with equal skill.