Nand the middle of an increasingly followed sporting season, WNBA finds himself facing one It drives that nothing has to do with basketball. In recent weeks, during the games of the American women’s League, they have been repeatedly launched sex toys on the pitch. A vulgar gesture that has already caused indignant reactions by players, coaches and fans, and that the League has promised to sanction firmly. Three episodes in a few days show that it is no more than a simple isolated provocation, but of a growing and dangerous phenomenon.
Sex Toys during Wnba games: all episodes
The first case occurred on 29 July in Atlanta, during the challenge between Dream and Golden State Valleyries. A man was arrested and accused of public disorder and obscene acts. From there, other episodes followed each other: on 1 August in Chicago, and on August 5 in Los Angeles, When a neon green dildo touched Sophie Cunningham, an Indian guard fever. The player, already the protagonist of an appeal on social media a few days before – “Stop launching dildo on the pitch… you will hurt one of us ” – he reacted with Sarcasmo:«I can’t believe that that thing really struck me. I knew I shouldn’t have tweeted it. “
Stop Throwing Dildos on the Court… You’re Going to Hurt One of Us.
– Sophie Cunningham (@sophalller) August 2, 2025
Security basketball players at risk
The objects, launched with apparent goliardic intent, have become real attacks. «It’s ridiculous, it’s stupid, it’s also dangerous. The security of players is the number one priority “said the coach of the Los Angeles Sparks, Lynne Roberts. A dildo risked hitting a child in the stands in New York. And the growing feeling, between fans and players, is that It is not only “jokes”, but of sexist acts masked by irony. “Anyone who does it just has to grow,” commented the player Elizabeth Williams.
The official response of WNBA and new rules
The Wnba League has undergone Safety measures strengthened An official press release is released: “Objects of any kind launched on the field or in the stands of the stands can represent a risk for the safety of players, race officers and fans”. Anyone who is surprised will be immediately expelled, banned from the stadiums for at least a year and legally pursued. The clubs, for their part, are coordinating to identify the managers and discourage any form of emulation. Fans also start to take sides openly against these episodes. “It’s not fun. It has never been, “wrote Isabelle Harrison of the New York Liberty.
Not Again.
A Third Time This Season That As*x Toy Has Appered on a wnba court 😤
(via @Ownba)pic.twitter.com/t6ggfmmqys
– Clutchpoints (@clutchpoints) August 6, 2025
Sex Toys launched to the WNBA players: sexist gesture disguised as a provocation
On closer inspection, this wave of provocations has nothing revolutionary or satirical. It is rather one Masked form of sexist aggressionwhich uses sexual symbols to delegitimize athletes and diminish their professionalism. “It is time for the NBA players too (the male basketball league, editor’s note) publicly lift against these gestures», We read in several online comments. Because sport deserves respect. And the women, on the pitch, even more.
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