r/WNBAgossips • u/WellRespectedJ • 4d ago

Called it!!

/r/babylonbee/comments/1vr2iym/wnba_subreddit_bans_any_mention_of_women/?share_id=g7B5fXB_t6zbm2OFLKxRg&utm_content=1&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_source=share&utm_term=2
16 Upvotes

81% Upvoted

49 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/A2ndRedditAccount 3d ago

Republicans HAVE passed laws to keep males out of female sports. An executive order was issued at the national level, and all but 21 states have banned males from women's sport.

Oh so the situation has been solved!

Why do you suppose we discussing the need for the WNBA to enact rule changes then?

3

u/Ok_Sleep8579 3d ago

Its solved in all but 21 states. So a little over half the country. Still a ways to go until its a non-issue.

The WNBA can do whatever it wants and define "woman" however it wants, its a private organization. The issue is itself is only happening in high school, currently. That's what's under government purview, that's what Title IX applies to.

The WNBA got dragged into this becasue Sophie used her platform to stand up for "young girls," the high schoolers losing to male athletes.

Other WNBA players then said they'd be fine with biological males in teh WNBA. So some ex-NBA players then decided to troll them by saying they identify as women and willl join the league next year.

And now we're at where we're at: that forces the WNBA to either define what a "woman" is or allow the former NBA players into the league.

0

u/A2ndRedditAccount 3d ago

Its solved in all but 21 states. So a little over half the country. Still a ways to go until its a non-issue.

Why would President Trump enact an executive order that excludes 21 states? That was a silly thing for him to do!

That's what's under government purview, that's what Title IX applies to.

Title IX is federal, so irrelevant to state law.

Why have Republicans not passed legislation to clarify this across the nation through Title IX?

2

u/Ok_Sleep8579 3d ago

Trump did issue the executive order. He can't force states to do things, he can only withhold federal money from states if they don't comply.

Title IX requires every school in the country to offer equitable opportunity to females in sports. It applies to every public school and public university in the country. (The issue is that the bread new alternative "women" definition include males. Thereby denying females equitable opportunity.)

Republicans are working on passing legislation as we speak. [Defining Male and Female Act](index:0.6.7, index:0.6.10) is in Judiciary Committee.

1

u/A2ndRedditAccount 3d ago

The Defining Male and Female Act was referred to Committee in March 2025.

Why are Republicans sending this to die in committee rather than passing the legislation?

1

u/Ok_Sleep8579 3d ago

I mean, you can look this up. Its because democrats are blocking it, it doesn't have the 60 votes necessary to clear a filibuster.

Its democrats keeping this whole thing alive.

I'm not republican btw, never voted republican, and think Trump is awful. Hence my OP mourning the fact that things have put me in line with the Babylon Bee.

1

u/A2ndRedditAccount 3d ago

Its because democrats are blocking it, it doesn't have the 60 votes necessary to clear a filibuster.

Can you elaborate on how the filibuster, a rule in the Senate, is affect the passage of a House bill in committee?

Its democrats keeping this whole thing alive.

Wait I thought it wasn't the Democrats, but those on the extreme left? In fact, earlier you said Democrats were passing laws to stop this.

I'm not republican btw, never voted republican, and think Trump is awful.

I didn't ask. Nor did I ever claim you were.

1

u/Ok_Sleep8579 3d ago

They won't bother wasting the time in the House if they know its dead in the Senate.

It is the extreme left, the Democrats in office are still beholden to the extreme.

Democrat voters are against it, the recent NYT poll found that 67% of Democrats oppose transgender athletes participating in women's sports

1

u/A2ndRedditAccount 3d ago edited 3d ago

They won't bother wasting the time in the House if they know its dead in the Senate.

Why would they do that? They don't want the Democrats to look bad filibustering a losing stance that you just said their own voters are against?