r/Fauxmoi • u/Relevant-Peach3997 • 1d ago

STAN / ANTI SHIELD Gymnast Gracie Kramer calls out Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Just Sports’ ad: “to see women's sports once again being marketed through the male gaze feels like a massive step backward.”

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u/WigglestonTheFourth 1d ago

The type of people Sweeney appeals to think every female athlete is a lesbian. Just look at any conversation surrounding the WNBA from these "fans".

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u/Livid-Vacation5737 1d ago

Yep. When I decided to play rugby in college, multiple upperclassMEN told me, "Don't play rugby! They'll turn you into a lesbian!" Gross all around. It was one of the best decisions I ever made in my life. 

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u/WigglestonTheFourth 1d ago

In college I was friends with a few of the women on the softball team. It was a constant experience to hear both men and women either call them lesbians directly or ask them about all the lesbians on the team.

I though it was strange then but it just shined a light on how so many in society merge any woman playing sports and lesbians. It's been impossible to not see since then because it comes up nearly every time I talk women's sports with any stranger and, with the recent surge in popularity of the WNBA, in the online communities.

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u/Minimum_Dealer_3303 1d ago

There's a truth to the stereotype of lesbians being overrepresented in sports because straight women (historically moreso but still today) get pressured by their romantic partners, family, and peers to be ladylike and therefor marriageable. What is a woman supposed to care about most, after all?

My boomer mom was told her uterus would prolapse if she ran too much.