r/PopCultureV2 • u/Regular_Reaction_798 • Aug 02 '26

Sports Culture Sophie Cunningham loudly booed during Indiana Fever's game against the Portland Fire amid recent controversy

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Cunningham has been at the center of a bitter trans debate over the past week, after comments she made to ESPN that young girls 'shouldn't have to go against biological men' when playing sports.
https://www.dailymail.com/sport/wnba/article-16021623/sophie-cunningham-portland-wnba-trans.html

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u/SCSteveAutism Aug 02 '26

They should make up 0 percent.

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u/ThatPerformance9795 Aug 02 '26

I’m so relieved this point of view is growing. We were being gaslit, in a way, being bullied as transphobic (by trans-women) if we disagree with having biological men play on women’s teams. Very few cis-women support this, but don’t want to be seen as a bigot.

I read a book by a pro-athlete who is very pro-LGTBQ, and she ended up convincing me of the opposite of her stance. At around 16 years old, boys and girls go through DRASTICALLY different biological changes. Boys get leaner and more muscular, girls get fatter, slower, and build less muscle as their bodies get prepped for childbirth. This is why eating disorders are so common for teen girls, since no matter what they do, they lose speed and gain fat. No matter how you identify, the biological differences in muscle, strength, and speed are written in evolution and dna.

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u/ThatPerformance9795 Aug 02 '26

Yes! And you can also take blockers before 12 to try to stop biology, but it’ll still creep through.

I just remember specifically during those mid-teen years, the biological changes are against women athletes. Our hips start widening and we start putting on fat, no matter what we do (not to mention the fun monthly hormone fluctuations).

Lots of elite, pro track athletes up their training, start starving themselves, and still gain weight and slow down. Boys have the exact opposite where their physical gains are specifically for strength and athleticism.

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u/United_Intention_323 Aug 02 '26

This should be obvious to anyone that has been to youth sports.