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Message: [QUOTE="Roger G, post: 2055690, member: 7083"] It is despicable how many posters accuse Candace of "homophobia." None of you experienced what she experienced. That's more McCarthy like than her throwing out a wrong percentage as if to say "the vast majority," which may or may not be true but is her opinion. I guess she should have said 110% and then all of you would have understood. As for the WNBA trying to get the women to act like men, as a former coach of girls, I understand what she means. It is a complex subject. Like Geno, I think oftentimes the expectation of females in sports is less and that is wrong. Unlike Geno, who occasionally brings up how he wants them to get nastier (i.e. as the men are) I think there is such a thing as femininity that is natural to who females are and they don't need to play nasty to be great. I think that's what the UConn women have shown us for the most part over the years. Most of you know that one reason you like our Husky women is that they are by and large really nice people. Women can be women and be great as women. Maya is a wonderful example of this. I do not know if she is heterosexual or homosexual, but either way she plays with a distinctly feminine character. [/QUOTE]