“Since I started going to WNBA games regularly it’s actually really hard for me to go to MLB games or other men’s sporting events anymore. Not because I don’t still enjoy the sports, I do. But the crowds are so horrific. You won’t hear toxic, racist, misogynystic bullshit at WNBA games, or have men ask you “if you even know the rules,” and that is why it’s basically feminist paradise.”
YES. I went to a Sky/Sun game once and the teen boy behind me was heckling Candace Parker in a way that fans in the W just don’t do, even to opposing players, and he was put in his place by the fans around him.
That’s so good! Yes the heckling must remain respectful in some way, if it happens at all! Storm fans are also so obsessed with all of the former players or anyone with a Seattle/Washington tie. Everyone’s in the fam.
Unlike multiple baseball games I’ve been to and gotten in verbal altercations with people saying truly awful things.
I really appreciated this piece and learning a bit about the WNBA! I have been an usher at CPA for only nine months, so June is going to be my first month working Storm games.
“Since I started going to WNBA games regularly it’s actually really hard for me to go to MLB games or other men’s sporting events anymore. Not because I don’t still enjoy the sports, I do. But the crowds are so horrific. You won’t hear toxic, racist, misogynystic bullshit at WNBA games, or have men ask you “if you even know the rules,” and that is why it’s basically feminist paradise.”
YES. I went to a Sky/Sun game once and the teen boy behind me was heckling Candace Parker in a way that fans in the W just don’t do, even to opposing players, and he was put in his place by the fans around him.
That’s so good! Yes the heckling must remain respectful in some way, if it happens at all! Storm fans are also so obsessed with all of the former players or anyone with a Seattle/Washington tie. Everyone’s in the fam.
Unlike multiple baseball games I’ve been to and gotten in verbal altercations with people saying truly awful things.
This is great stuff. It really is a special league.
I really appreciated this piece and learning a bit about the WNBA! I have been an usher at CPA for only nine months, so June is going to be my first month working Storm games.
Oh that’s amazing! I’d love to know your impressions of the differences once you see a few games.
Thanks for this quick overview of the WNBA, Maggie! Good for us newbies!
Yay!