{"id":34988,"date":"2024-05-01T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=34988"},"modified":"2024-05-01T10:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T14:00:40","slug":"angel-reese-shares-a-simple-message-about-protecting-women-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/05\/angel-reese-shares-a-simple-message-about-protecting-women-in-sports.html","title":{"rendered":"Angel Reese Shares a Simple Message About Protecting Women in Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35003\" style=\"width: 937px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/05\/angel-reese-credit-wnba-youtube.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35003\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/05\/angel-reese-credit-wnba-youtube.png\" alt=\"angel reese\" width=\"937\" height=\"551\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WNBA\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Angel Reese is taking a stand for female athletes. The WNBA rookie and former LSU star took to X seemingly out of nowhere when she tweeted, \u201cProtect young women in sports!!!\u201d Reese shared no further context or information, which left the situation up to interpretation. It took just minutes before this tweet went mega-viral, and it\u2019s drawing all kinds of different reactions on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Many people seem to think Reese is speaking out against males competing against females. The topic has never been hotter. South Carolina coach Dawn Staley recently endorsed the idea that anyone who believes they\u2019re a woman can compete against women, and President Joe Biden just expanded Title IX protections to include trans people. Others believe it could relate to the sexualization of female athletes. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/culture\/angel-reese-sexualized-complaint-sports-illustrated-swimsuit\">latter is something Reese<\/a>, who has posed for <em>SI Swimsuit<\/em>, spoke out about after LSU got bounced from the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">protect young women in sports!!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reese10Angel\/status\/1782414224448270403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reese said after losing to Iowa in the Elite 8, \u201cDeath threats, I\u2019ve been sexualized, I\u2019ve been threatened&#8230; I\u2019m still a human. All this has happened since I won the national championship, and I said the other day, I haven\u2019t been happy since then.\u201d \u00a0However, there\u2019s also no further context or clues to suggest she\u2019s talking about being sexualized. All she did was tweet, \u201cProtect young women in sports.\u201d That left the door wide open for people on X to opine as to what they think she\u2019s talking about.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, Reese comes out with a few more details about what might have inspired her now-viral tweet. Either way, the premise of protecting female spaces and young female athletes is a hot topic in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angel Reese is taking a stand for female athletes. The WNBA rookie and former LSU star took to X seemingly out of nowhere when she tweeted, \u201cProtect young women in sports!!!\u201d Reese shared no further context or information, which left the situation up to interpretation. 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