Incidents of throwing dildos onto basketball courts pose a challenging joke to female players about accepting misogynistic humor. Initially met with laughter, the frequency of these events turned the humor into a troubling commentary on women's role in sports. Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve commented on the long-standing sexualization of women. Those involved in the incidents claimed it was meant as a prank intended to go viral, revealing underlying misogynistic attitudes in society and questioning whether the actions are understood as humor or derogation.
Every misogynist joke poses a question to its female audience: Can you laugh along? Will you be chill or are you going to make a big deal out of this?
The sexualization of women has been going on for centuries, and with it has come the claim that it's all in good fun. This has been the defense of individuals facing legal trouble for dildo throwing.
Dildos, especially the ones that aim for anatomical fidelity, are funny objects when they appear somewhere you don’t expect to see one.
After the first incident, some players laughed it off as a bizarre one-off, but when it happened repeatedly, it became clear the joke was really about women playing basketball.
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