Lynx coach blasts ‘sexualization of women’ amid ongoing WNBA sex toy drama originally appeared on The Sporting News
WNBA players and fans have been dealing with a strange occurrence at games all over the country: for reasons that have yet to be fully explained, a cryptocurrency meme coin company has sent sex toy-launching representatives to matches — where they have incited chaos.
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While speaking to reporters Thursday, Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said that the people behind the incidences need to be held accountable. “This has been going on for centuries — the sexualization of women. This is the latest version of that,” she began.
“And it’s not funny, and it should not be the butt of jokes on any radio shows, or in print, or in any comments,” Reeve continued. “The sexualization of women is what’s used to hold women down. And this is no different. This is just its latest form, and you should write about it in that way. These people that are doing this should be held accountable. We’re not the butt of the joke. They’re the problem and we need to take action.”
In the past two weeks at least six sex toys have been launched onto court floors or into crowds at WNBA games. On Friday, August 8, a spokesperson for the cryptocurrency group told USA Today, they “didn’t do this because we dislike women’s sports” and that “creating disruption at games is like it happens in every single sport.”
