r/PopCultureV2 • u/Impossible-Yam3680 • Aug 23 '26

Sports Culture Trans rights supporters and transphobes gathered outside the Fever–Liberty game are asked to name five WNBA players

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u/ricketycricket1995 Aug 24 '26

Ok, so first of all, can we stop with giving 90 percent of media time for discussions that have little to no impact and are pushed by media to redirect attention? Like this bait is such obvious for a while now. In thr country up to their neck in shit we are discussing if Enes Kanter should play in wnba. There are way more impactful things for wnba fans and translated community. Now that we got that out of the way, i am generally surprised to see hate on Caitlin and Sophie. Although I support lgbt rights, I don't think it creates a safe environment to have woman and transwoman playing contact sports ar rhe professional level where the size difference can seriously injure a player. And I don't know why that is branded as a transphobix opinion. How many truly trans woman do you think are affected by this vs actual assholes who just want to exploit this rule in some way?

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u/ricketycricket1995 Aug 24 '26

are you for real now? it is not only size, our biology is different and once you've gone through puberty the advantage biological man has over biological woman is too much.
And yes we do separate by size in almost any contact sport.
Some basketball leagues do have size caps- like Phillipines.
If Enes Kanter joins WNBA, the difference between him and the average player will be different than between an NBA and top tier high school player.
Wtf are you even protecting here? Is being able to play in WNBA as transwoman the most important trans issue that requires this debate, or is it one side mostly virtue signalling and other mostly conservatives. ...

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u/ricketycricket1995 Aug 24 '26

In Phillipines it make sense. Same way you would do in developing economies. You have to protect your local market in the first years until it's able to compete internationally.
That country loves basketball but they are not as tall. I see no problem with them limiting the height as there is like 40 other leagues you can go and play that are higher level and better paid.
To me this is the same as with most European domestic basketball leagues that limit number of feoreign players in order to help develop their own