Payton McNabb: The backlash against Sophie Cunningham proves the goalposts have moved
Just recently, fans attending a WNBA game were harassed to the point of tears for showing support for Sophie Cunningham, a player whose "offense" was speaking about how "it's important to "protect young girls in the locker room" and that "they shouldn't have to go against biological men." More crazy headlines have followed, from coaches wearing pro-trans-kids shirts to Caitlin Clark dodging questions about her own views on trans athletes.The reaction — and, quite frankly, vulgar and despicable actions of the Seattle Storm’s co-owner — shows far more about our culture than it does about those fans.ZERO BS. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD.
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Just recently, fans attending a WNBA game were harassed to the point of tears for showing support for Sophie Cunningham, a player whose "offense" was speaking about how "it's important to "protect young girls in the locker room" and that "they shouldn't have to go against biological men." More crazy headlines have followed, from coaches wearing pro-trans-kids shirts to Caitlin Clark dodging questions about her own views on trans athletes.The reaction — and, quite frankly, vulgar and despicable actions of the Seattle Storm’s co-owner — shows far more about our culture than it does about those fans.ZERO BS. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!The goalposts for what counts as supporting women have been moved by the very people claiming the mantle of women’s rights — including the women’s league that should be dedicated to women’s advancement in sports, something that is impossible if men are permitted in women’s athletic spaces.Megan Rapinoe recently waved away concerns about men in women’s sports as a manufactured "wedge issue." "We don't want our little girls to be unsafe in sports," she said. "And it's like, 'Unsafe from who?'" Well, I can answer that: unsafe from someone like the male athlete who ended my own career.In 2022, my athletic career ended after a male athlete competing on the opposing girls' volleyball team hit me so hard with a spike that I suffered a traumatic brain injury at the age of 17.
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- Just recently, fans attending a WNBA game were harassed to the point of tears for showing support for Sophie Cunningham, a player whose "offense" was speaking about how "it's important to "protect young girls in the locker room" and that "they shouldn't have to go against biological men." More crazy headlines have followed, from coaches wearing pro-trans-kids shirts to Caitlin Clark dodging questions about her own views on trans athletes.The reaction — and, quite frankly, vulgar and despicable actions of the Seattle Storm’s co-owner — shows far more about our culture than it does about those fans.ZERO BS. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD.
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Payton McNabb: The backlash against Sophie Cunningham proves the goalposts have moved
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