WNBA star Sophie Cunningham is standing by her “common sense” position that men should not be allowed to play in women’s sports.
“I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest,” she told ESPN for a July 21 article. “And I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”
She stood by those comments when asked about them on Wednesday.
A reporter asked Cunningham, “You talked about wanting to protect young girls who shouldn’t have to go against biological men. Just can you expand your viewpoint on that?”
“I mean, I think I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense,” she said. “I think I’ll always believe in that. I think it’s really important to protect children.”
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Cunningham said she wants to protect “little girls.”
She went on to say that her beliefs are based on morality, not politics, and that she doesn’t plan any specific advocacy.
She told the media:
I’m not a very political person, but I do have beliefs. I have morals and I’ll always stand on those and be true to true to who I am and I think people are going to take it how they want to take it, but I have never even really said anything about that.And so when it comes just to protecting young girls in sport and women in sport, I feel very strongly about that. I think that’s why you have Title IX. That’s why you have some of the greats in women’s sports.
Women in sports have opportunities because of Title IX and other protections.
Cunningham then addressed a question about if the “trans community” could be “targeted” because of her statements.
“I extend love and I don’t dislike anyone,” she said. “I think there is room for absolutely everyone here and I think there’s room to love everyone.
Part of that “love,” she said, is standing up for “biological women” and their “rights.”
Pressed later, she confirmed she “doesn’t care what other people have to say. I know who I am.”
“My people know who I am,” the Indiana Fever star continued. “And hopefully I’m doing them proud and you know, making room for young boys and girls in our world to have a better future than we did.”
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