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Originally Posted by maleficent
Should a players sexual preference have anything to do with their standing as a role model?
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For the most part, not much. Nor, I would add, should her being a top notch athlete have much to do with it. That should be dependant upon other behaviors, few of which have much to do with her orientation or athletic ability.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Of COURSE it should. Being a role model goes beyond being good at one thing, its how one lives ones life beyond the sport. I'm sure she could be a role model for young, in the closet, lesbians, and she IS suited for that, but how she lives her life would not be a good role model for Sara Hetero. To me a roll model is someone you wish to emulate and be like, and sexual preference is a big part of that.
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While I agree that her being open about her sexuality does give young closeted lesbians the message that there's nothing wrong with being homosexual, and likewise sends that same message to the young straight girls who might otherwise have negative feelings towards their gay peers,that doesn't mean that this is the only way in which Swoopes could be a good role model. The hard work that she puts into developing her talent, whether she gives something back to society in exchange for what it's given her, whether she's a good mother, and a myriad of other factors are applicable to the degree to which she should be seen as a role model, and most of that has little to nothing to do with her orientation.
Gilda