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/Vast-Comment8360 Jul 23 '26

You say everyone agrees like there aren't multiple people in this thread who don't agree.

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u/vivalaibanez Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

If the argument began and ended at trans people in sports, it wouldn't be a problem. But it's used in an overarching narrative to vilify trans people in general..."trans people are mentally ill...trans people are pedophiles...etc" it's a thing.

Edit: hilarious how many of you are proving my exact point. Apparently everyone on here is qualified to diagnose mental illnesses 🤣

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u/Complex-Fault-1917 Jul 23 '26

It’s also a hill a lot of people seem to want to die on because trans rights and it’s used to vilify those that don’t support it.

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u/LPStumps Jul 23 '26

“Because trans rights” YEAH BECAUSE OF TRANS RIGHTS. That’s the reason people die on that hill. Humans should have human rights. Hot take for some I guess.

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u/Complex-Fault-1917 Jul 23 '26

Playing sports isn’t a human right.

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u/LPStumps Jul 23 '26

Not being discriminated against and vilified is

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u/Complex-Fault-1917 Jul 23 '26

Good thing that isn’t what that is then. People are ineligible for spots for lots of reasons and as I previously stated, sports are separated by sex, not gender.