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Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:17 pm to Nuts4LSU
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Actually, it would probably be even more unbalanced. There are more male athletes total and more female gay athletes total, so the ratio of lesbian athletes to total female athletes would likely be much higher than the ratio of male gay athletes to total male athletes.
As for why, I doubt anyone can know for sure. I'd speculate that sports are generally considered a masculine pursuit (at least at higher levels, like college and beyond), so any female athlete has to be willing at least to some degree not to conform to stereotypical gender roles. It follows logically that lesbians would be more likely than other women not to conform to those roles, so they would be disproportionately overrepresented among female athletes. For males, the effect might be opposite. Gay men might be less likely than straight men to conform to typical gender roles and be involved in traditionally masculine or macho activities like sports, so they might be disproportionately underrepresented among male athletes. The combination of overrepresentation of lesbians among female athletes and underrepresentation of gays among male athletes would produce a higher ratio of lesbians than gay men in sports.
Well, damn....I have nothing to add. Spot on, Nuts4LSU
Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:19 pm to Nuts4LSU
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There are more male athletes total and more female gay athletes total, so the ratio of lesbian athletes to total female athletes would likely be much higher than the ratio of male gay athletes to total male athletes.
Link to known gay female and closet gay male athletes..?
Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:19 pm to Slippy
Who in Hell cares? ...besides you, Toddy and some goofy politician running for office?
Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:20 pm to PolyPusher86
There you go. Women athletes = homosexuals or hypersexual. The one woman track athlete I dated was a fricking FREAK! All day every day. Drove me insane.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:41 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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Name one sport where it's beneficial to have a girly man competing. I'll wait.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:43 pm to GrammarKnotsi
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Link to known gay female and closet gay male athletes..?
Obviously, we don't know about closet gay male athletes, so we can only go by the number of openly gay and lesbian athletes. I assume your point is that lesbian athletes are more likely to be out than gay male athletes are, and I certainly can't disagree with that. I do doubt, however, that it explains all of the apparent difference in ratios, although it may well explain some.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:44 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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Name one sport where it's beneficial to have a girly man competing. I'll wait.
Figure skating.
What do I win?
Posted on 7/6/15 at 1:56 pm to BigB0882
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Figure skating.
Oddly enough, the percentage of homosexuality among male figure skaters seems like it would be similar to female softball/soccer/basketball players.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 2:29 pm to Green Chili Tiger
Mess with the bull,..
You get the tongue
You get the tongue
Posted on 7/6/15 at 2:43 pm to Ace Midnight
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Straight girls are more likely to settle down, start a family and have priorities other than sports.
several married chicks w/kids on that USWNT. a few married to wimmins, too.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 3:00 pm to Slippy
How has the actual answer not been posted yet? Here's the deal: most lesbians are substantially more masculine than their straight counterparts. With that comes the traits that make for better athletes- greater competiveness, more testosterone (which leads to strength when properly channeled in the weight room), less worry about getting sweaty/physical/dirty, etc.
It's not that hard to figure out.
It's not that hard to figure out.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 3:37 pm to CptBengal
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Hence US Womens Soccer Team is GOAT....and the men's team blows.
Nothing against the USWNT, but the USMNT is takin names recently with wins over
Mexico
Netherlands
Germany
and Guatemala
However, I'll agree that the USWNT is GOAT
Posted on 7/6/15 at 3:49 pm to Slippy
Greg Louganis is one of my favorite athletes of all time. It is unbelievable how good he was. He came out of the closet after he retired.
I saw him on TV a couple of months ago. He has gone all fabulous and swishy.
I saw him on TV a couple of months ago. He has gone all fabulous and swishy.
Posted on 7/6/15 at 4:59 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
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This post was edited on 9/23/24 at 9:43 am
Posted on 7/6/15 at 5:02 pm to CosmicGas93361
The WNBA is a horrible business model. Their market is less than 3% of the population.
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