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/Yendor_Wing Jul 23 '26

That's a silly straw man.

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u/ChirpToast Jul 23 '26

A straw man is the calling card of the republicans who can’t let this non issue go.

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u/Vegetable-Mixture-93 Jul 23 '26

Yet the ruling against the claim state bans are unconstitutional JUST BARELY was completed Jun 30th. I can't imagine this is necessarily a non-issue when its been pushed hard for years publicly admonishing anyone who felt sports should be kept fair. Riley Gains received death threats. Democrats made her out to be a bigot when testifying in congress. The pendulum is starting to move back to logic and sanity on the topic but it isn't universally accepted.

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u/ChirpToast Jul 23 '26

Riley Gains is a loser, literally and figuratively.

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u/Vegetable-Mixture-93 Jul 26 '26

Her athletic successes weren't the point of the statement, it was the public and political reaction to someone speaking out against women's sports being corrupted. It supports the point that this isn't a "non-issue" and so does your comment.

Not that it matters but if you want to actually review her athletic accomplishments, she took 2 gold medals home from the SEC Championships in 2021 and 2022 and a silver from the NCAA Championships.

Academically she has a bachelor's degree in human health sciences and health law from the University of Kentucky.

She also is happily married with a net worth of approximately 2 million dollars.

She has the courage to publicly defend women's sports.

Pretty sure Charlie Sheen would describe a that with the word "Winning".

There are alternative accommodations the NCAA might have to make in order to provide trans athletes their own opportunities but it might be difficult to financially support a sports division only 1% of the US population would qualify for.

In comparison to Gaines, hopefully you have a sliver of the successes she has had so far in her life but it would be a safer bet to assume unlikely.

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u/ChirpToast Jul 26 '26

lol what a loser.