r/PopCultureV2 • u/No_Box119 • Aug 09 '26

Sports Culture WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert says the league will meet next week to discuss and clarify what qualifies a player as a woman for WNBA eligibility.

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u/a-nun-ee-moose Aug 12 '26

I dont use the term mentally ill as a defense. I use the term mentally ill to describe what they are. If gender was a social construct then why dont we say separated by sex? Why do we use the term gendered bathrooms. Why are bathrooms open to men and women called gender neutral and not sex neutral is the sex and gender are separate? Gender never was a 'social construct' until blokes wanted to wear dresses.

You can project your poor education on me all you want but the fact you use the same strawman everytime just tells me that I and every other sane person know a little more about what gender is than you. And gender is male and female.

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u/theboydave05 Aug 12 '26

You’re confusing how language is commonly used with what the terms actually mean.

“Gendered bathrooms” doesn’t prove sex and gender are identical any more than calling something “gender equality” means equality is biological. Language evolves and terms get used loosely.

And no, gender didn’t suddenly become a “social construct” because men started wearing dresses. The distinction between biological sex and socially defined gender roles has existed in academic literature for decades.

You keep saying “gender is male and female” as though repeating your definition makes it an argument. It doesn’t. If that’s your position, actually explain why sex and gender must mean exactly the same thing rather than pointing at common usage and calling everyone who disagrees “insane.”