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Message: [QUOTE="Puppy Love, post: 5169269, member: 8101"] Yikes, this got out if hand fast… My ‘dislike’ on the original post and subsequent comment was for ‘no overdone makeup no calling attention to herself’. The reason I gave it a ‘dislike’ is that no one should be judging player integrity by appearance. Women should be allowed to play sports without any commentary on their appearance when it is not relative to the game. For what it’s worth, Sarah Strong has rapidly become one of my favorite players. But I don’t think her demeanor is any more valuable than a player like Diana Taurasi who was constantly in everyone’s face. I’m old enough to have lived in a business world where is sexism was rampant. Part of the language of sexism is how we talk about women’s appearances in relationship to their ability to do their job. Sometimes, yes, it can be a matter of safety, but many times it is simply a desire to continue ‘the way it’s always been’. I know that this is a fan forum, and things like this are not a matter of life and death. I do think, though that there is value in pointing these things out. [/QUOTE]