▲ 22 ▼ The W.N.B.A. Is More Than a Culture War (www.nytimes.com) submitted 1 month ago by TRAHR to c/sports 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments Racism and transphobia are distorting the conversation around the W.N.B.A. The contributing Opinion writer Roxane Gay argues that the league must continue its tradition of standing up for social issues. And, of course, keep the focus on basketball.
[+] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (4 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TRAHR [S] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children) Why are you asking this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago* (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] pizza_the_hutt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago Because the best WNBA players would only be low-tier NBA players. There is no rule preventing women from playing in the NBA. Professional women’s sports leagues like the WNBA exist so that more women have the chance to play professionally. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TRAHR [S] 3 points 1 month ago* (1 child) What about it do you find silly? What it sounds like to me is your cowardly implying something transphobic about how trans women need to be kept seperate from cis women despite the science showing they are physically on par after a couple of years undergoing HRT. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TRAHR [S] 6 points 1 month ago* Yes true, there have been multiple studies on this already. HRT often causes trans women to shrink and lose a few inches for starters. And secondly the average height of an WNBA player is already 6ft, that is above the average cis mans. Third, this tired argument does make you transphobic. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] TRAHR [S] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children) Why are you asking this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [+] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago* (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] pizza_the_hutt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago Because the best WNBA players would only be low-tier NBA players. There is no rule preventing women from playing in the NBA. Professional women’s sports leagues like the WNBA exist so that more women have the chance to play professionally. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TRAHR [S] 3 points 1 month ago* (1 child) What about it do you find silly? What it sounds like to me is your cowardly implying something transphobic about how trans women need to be kept seperate from cis women despite the science showing they are physically on par after a couple of years undergoing HRT. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TRAHR [S] 6 points 1 month ago* Yes true, there have been multiple studies on this already. HRT often causes trans women to shrink and lose a few inches for starters. And secondly the average height of an WNBA player is already 6ft, that is above the average cis mans. Third, this tired argument does make you transphobic. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies) load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago* (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] pizza_the_hutt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago Because the best WNBA players would only be low-tier NBA players. There is no rule preventing women from playing in the NBA. Professional women’s sports leagues like the WNBA exist so that more women have the chance to play professionally. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TRAHR [S] 3 points 1 month ago* (1 child) What about it do you find silly? What it sounds like to me is your cowardly implying something transphobic about how trans women need to be kept seperate from cis women despite the science showing they are physically on par after a couple of years undergoing HRT. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TRAHR [S] 6 points 1 month ago* Yes true, there have been multiple studies on this already. HRT often causes trans women to shrink and lose a few inches for starters. And secondly the average height of an WNBA player is already 6ft, that is above the average cis mans. Third, this tired argument does make you transphobic. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[–] pizza_the_hutt@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago Because the best WNBA players would only be low-tier NBA players. There is no rule preventing women from playing in the NBA. Professional women’s sports leagues like the WNBA exist so that more women have the chance to play professionally. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TRAHR [S] 3 points 1 month ago* (1 child) What about it do you find silly? What it sounds like to me is your cowardly implying something transphobic about how trans women need to be kept seperate from cis women despite the science showing they are physically on par after a couple of years undergoing HRT. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TRAHR [S] 6 points 1 month ago* Yes true, there have been multiple studies on this already. HRT often causes trans women to shrink and lose a few inches for starters. And secondly the average height of an WNBA player is already 6ft, that is above the average cis mans. Third, this tired argument does make you transphobic. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (-1 replies)
[+] Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TRAHR [S] 6 points 1 month ago* Yes true, there have been multiple studies on this already. HRT often causes trans women to shrink and lose a few inches for starters. And secondly the average height of an WNBA player is already 6ft, that is above the average cis mans. Third, this tired argument does make you transphobic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TRAHR [S] 6 points 1 month ago* Yes true, there have been multiple studies on this already. HRT often causes trans women to shrink and lose a few inches for starters. And secondly the average height of an WNBA player is already 6ft, that is above the average cis mans. Third, this tired argument does make you transphobic. permalink fedilink source parent