4th sex toy thrown on court during WNBA game as disturbing trend continues
Global News
The WNBA said any spectators throwing objects onto the court will face at least a one-year ban and prosecution from law enforcement.
The WNBA continues to deal with a troubling trend: during live games, sex toys are being thrown onto the basketball court.
The latest incident happened when a sex toy was thrown onto the court in the last seconds of the Atlanta Dream and Chicago Sky game on Thursday night, marking the fourth time this has happened at a WNBA game in recent weeks.
Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve spoke to reporters about the disturbing trend.
“This has been going on for centuries. The sexualization of women. This is the latest version of that and it’s not funny,” Reeve said. “It should not be the butt of jokes on any radio shows, or in print or any comments. The sexualization of women is what’s used to hold women down and this is no different.”
Reeve said the people who are throwing the sex toys on the court should “be held accountable.”
“We’re not the butt of the joke. They’re the problem and we need to take action,” she said.
Sex toys were also thrown on the court during games in Atlanta on July 29, Chicago on Aug. 1 and Los Angeles on Tuesday. The sex toy that landed on the court in Los Angeles nearly hit Fever guard Sophie Cunningham during Indiana’s game against the Sparks.
