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Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve has reacted to the epidemic of sex toys being thrown on WNBA courts. For the past week, three sex toys have been thrown at WNBA players.
One of the objects thrown on the court hit a WNBA player, Sophie Cunningham.
WNBA star Sophie Cunningham was hit by a bedroom toy during a game, making it the third such incident to occur in the past week. pic.twitter.com/Fm3BGe9Iav
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On Thursday, an angry Reeve gave her thoughts on fans throwing sex objects on the court during games.
“This has been going on for centuries, the sexualization of women,” Reeve said.
“This is the latest version of that, and it’s not funny. And it should not be the butt of jokes on any radio show or in print or in any comments. The sexualization of women is what’s used to hold women down, and this is not different. This is just its latest form, and we should write about it in that way. These people that are doing it should be held accountable. We’re not the butt of the joke. They’re the problem, and we need to take action.”
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve pulled reporters aside after today’s availability to make this comment about the recent trend of s*x toys are being thrown on WNBA courts: pic.twitter.com/oA0nHwluaf
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On Wednesday, an 18-year-old from Phoenix was arrested for allegedly throwing the objects onto the court.
Kaden Lopez, 18, appeared in court today after allegedly throwing a green dildo onto the court during last night’s Phoenix Mercury game, per @trentonhooker
He’s accused of hitting someone with the object and now faces charges of assault and disorderly conduct pic.twitter.com/kZBJEgShhD
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