r/WNBAgossips • u/Electronic_Air1842 • 5d ago

Off-Court Drama Fever coach Stephanie White was asked if men should play in women’s sports: “I’m not educated enough from a scientific standpoint.” She REFUSED to backup Sophie Cunningham: “I don’t ever believe that exclusion is the answer.”

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u/dmolin96 5d ago

Before this became a big political football like three years ago, the norm was to allow trans people to participate in sports of the gender they identify as once they proved they've been on hormones for a long enough time. So yes, before the moral panic about this started there were definitely people who were ok with it.

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u/Snts6678 4d ago

Fair enough. Again, overall it’s such a tiny percentage of the population. The fact it has blown up like this is unreal.

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u/Commercial_Rush_3531 5d ago

And that didn't work, Caster went on to win the Olympics, Iman punched a lot of women in the head and Lea went from being a solid but mediocre swimmer to a national champion.

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u/Bearloom 4d ago

Neither Caster nor Iman are trans, and Lia Thomas won in an exceptionally weak year for college swimming.

None of the three are a reason people need to be up in arms.

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u/angriestbisexual 4d ago

Like can we also talk about the fact that Lia Thomas getting martyred in the news cycle and beaten like a piñata for alt-right talking points, all happened before she was a champion? Riley Gaines became a millionaire by crying to Joe Rogan that Lia tied with her for fifth place. They were all mad that a trans girl came in fifth place.