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Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

wired.comMen Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual CyclesSome sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

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I need to bookmark this so that I can haul it out every time I have to defend my loathing for competitive sports. If I had a nickel for every time some idiot condescendingly and nonsensically tells me that “competition brings out the best in people”, I’d have enough money to gamble on periods.🙄

C'mon Wired. It takes no time for your article to share that experts think this is "pseudoscience" and "sexist". How about putting that in the lede? Your bait worked - I clicked and read the many, many words summarizing a conclusion that was always obvious.

The newfound interest in the league has more men watching the sport than women, and the overwhelming rise of sports gambling has encouraged some to engage in gambling practices that experts warn aren’t just pseudoscientific, but sexist, too. www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

wired.comMen Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual CyclesSome sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

“Not every woman is the same. Yes, there's the traditional 28-day cycle, but everyone's is different, and it varies person to person, month by month,” says Amy West, a sports medicine physician. Read the full article: www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Why on earth are men obsessed with the reproductive cycle of women?? And how it may or may not affect her physically? Why not start speculating if male athletes had sex before a game and how many times? 🤢