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Woke Will Eat Itself, Chapter MCLXII: WNBA Meets to Discover Definition of 'Woman', And ...
Hot Air ^ | 13 August 2026 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 08/14/2026 8:46:52 AM PDT by Rummyfan

What does it say when an organization has to call an all-hands meeting to define the word "woman"? Especially when the organization literally has that word in its title?

And what does it say about the organization when it fails to do so?

The Women's National Basketball Association held a league-wide meeting yesterday to address the issue of eligibility restrictions. Its charter makes clear that only "women" can compete in the league, a term which, up until a hot second ago, everyone understood perfectly. And after everyone cogitated for the entire day on what the word "women" means, the league came up with exactly ... bupkis.

Well, not entirely bupkis. They did manage to come up with a statement blaming everyone else for their utter incoherence on their own rule and core identity:

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1 posted on 08/14/2026 8:46:52 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

One of the wnba teams should field an all transgender team against those using transgenders to win games.


2 posted on 08/14/2026 8:51:18 AM PDT by Ronald77 ( )
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To: Rummyfan

Easy, barring the rare birth defect you are either XX or XY. That is how we should label restrooms instead of these lame-arsed cutout plaques.


3 posted on 08/14/2026 8:52:55 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Rummyfan

(WNBA Meets to Discover Definition of ‘Woman’)

The WNBA is now the laughingstock
of the Entire World ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ

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4 posted on 08/14/2026 8:55:30 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Rummyfan
This stuff is pretty black-and-white.

Yes, there are variations in human chromosomes. But if the person has one or more Ys, they are male. If it's all Xs, the person is female. You really need to make a herculean effort to make it more complicated than that.

Clearly -- CLEARLY -- the WNBA has some players with Y chromosomes, and the WNBA intends to keep those players. And this is why they cannot manage to define what a "woman" is. The nature of their problem is quite transparent.

And I suspect that they will have a difficult time keeping retired NBA players out of the WNBA. Because the WNBA wants people with Y chromosomes. Maybe they don't want those guys, but they do want some guys.

5 posted on 08/14/2026 8:57:10 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: SaveFerris

Who’s a bigger laughingstock...

The WNBA...

Or the NBA players who allowed themselves to be ripped off to subsidize this BS.


6 posted on 08/14/2026 8:58:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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To: mewzilla

Hard to tell

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7 posted on 08/14/2026 8:59:21 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: ClearCase_guy

(Clearly — CLEARLY — the WNBA has
some players with Y chromosomes)

Britney Griner?

Russia selected a MALE prison, did they not?

Chromosome Test?


8 posted on 08/14/2026 9:02:38 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Resolute Conservative
My sister was a Turner Syndrome person. She showed as an abnormal XY. It's really XX, but there is a damaged leg of the X, making it appear as a Y.

Lots of long term health problems from it. She lived exceptionally long with that condition. She died of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 62, as most experience the same by the age of 50.

9 posted on 08/14/2026 9:11:43 AM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: Rummyfan

“Especially when the organization literally has that word in its title?”. A person needs to have a peculiar mind set to watch a WNBA game. The Fever play tonight.


10 posted on 08/14/2026 9:13:35 AM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: Rummyfan
Who paid any attention to the WNBA before?

This is good for business.

11 posted on 08/14/2026 9:14:46 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was always really part of the program. )
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To: ClearCase_guy
You really need to make a herculean effort to make it more complicated than that.

hardly any effort at all...

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12 posted on 08/14/2026 9:28:30 AM PDT by goo goo g'joob (When honest people say what's true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful)
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To: T.B. Yoits


13 posted on 08/14/2026 9:42:15 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Salman
This is good for business.

Maybe in the short run. People will buy tickets or tune in to see a tranny compete with biological women when it's a new thing. Some women will gang up on him, others will just try to avoid him. Some night even show support.

There will be blood eventually. A woman will be helped off the court, screaming in pain or deathly silent. Was that a foul or an assault? Depends on who wins, I guess.

14 posted on 08/14/2026 9:45:49 AM PDT by ZOOKER
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To: ClearCase_guy

What is a woman?

1.XX = Woman XY = Man
2. A visual inspection to look for “ALL ORIGINAL” factory parts with no AFTER MARKET parts or modifications.


15 posted on 08/14/2026 9:46:26 AM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: Rummyfan
This is what happens when Peak Woke arrives.

Believing that we've reached "Peak Woke" underestimates the retardation of leftists, by a lot.

16 posted on 08/14/2026 9:49:14 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: cpdiii
It's pretty simple, really.


17 posted on 08/14/2026 9:51:03 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Rummyfan

When I was imagining the future I was thinking in terms of flying cars. What I got was earnest discussions on what a woman is. It wasn’t worth the wait.


18 posted on 08/14/2026 9:53:10 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Rummyfan

How about this? If you were born with a vagina, you can play in the womenโ€™s league. If you were born with a penis, no matter how small, then you canโ€™t. You MUST have a vagina in order to play. If you ever had a penis, you canโ€™t. It should be that simple.


19 posted on 08/14/2026 9:54:56 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: SaveFerris

Oh they were that long before this. This is just them playing up to form.


20 posted on 08/14/2026 10:13:59 AM PDT by xp38
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