# Lesbians not allowed on the Penn State women's basketball team.. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-not-allowed-on-the-penn-state-womens-basketball-team/326977 "2005-10-19T20:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-not-allowed-on-the-penn-state-womens-basketball-team/326977/41 "2005-10-20T13:50:04Z")
OK. This is ridiculous. How many 6’4" women are out there who are good at basketball? And who the hell cares how they reach orgasm and with whom? I swear, I will never understand humans. And to tell prospective players that the coach might be lesbian–what kind of sick minds do these people have? I would be MORE concerned if Coach were a youngish guy–straight, surrounded by fit, trim and attractive women all day long. Jeesh! Oh, and fuck that! (Pit requirement). ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-not-allowed-on-the-penn-state-womens-basketball-team/326977/42 "2005-10-20T14:25:01Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Scratch that I messed up my whiches. But how do you know she is a witch? ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-not-allowed-on-the-penn-state-womens-basketball-team/326977/43 "2005-10-20T14:25:49Z")
Hosting a women’s basketball team barring lesbians is like hosting a klan meeting barring white people. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-not-allowed-on-the-penn-state-womens-basketball-team/326977/44 "2005-10-20T14:44:04Z")
Preventing lesbians from playing basketball is discrimination. Assuming only lesbians play basketball is discrimination. Stop it!! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-not-allowed-on-the-penn-state-womens-basketball-team/326977/45 "2005-10-20T14:51:56Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Assuming only lesbians play basketball is discrimination. No it’s not… It’s stereotyping. And I think it’s tongue-in-cheek anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-not-allowed-on-the-penn-state-womens-basketball-team/326977/46 "2005-10-20T15:16:45Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Assuming only lesbians play basketball is discrimination. I first read this as: “Assuming _lesbians only play basketball_ is discrimination.” And thought: “Hey, there’s also softball, golf, field hockey, rugby…” Now before the shrieking recommences, I’m gonna tell you about the two great loves of my life. There was Mary\*, a brainy, brawny, three-sport letterwoman with beautiful brown eyes whose forte was the hoop, and who gave me my first grown-up kiss (and not just my first, and _she_ made the move, Og bless her) at age 15. Then there was Gayle\*, an ultrafeminine but game young thing with good strong legs, who’d been brought up mostly in Wales and then tried to get on the rugby club at Mount Holyoke, only to find that Holyoke girls played rugby only under…um…certain conditions. Haven’t spoken to either in years. Gayle’s now a gerontologist with 2 kids under the age 7. Mary’s a high school dean and…b’ball coach…still using her maiden name…hmm. \*middle names only, slightly munged ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-not-allowed-on-the-penn-state-womens-basketball-team/326977/47 "2005-10-20T16:05:22Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Not taking sides on the underlying issue, but… > > Portland said Harris “did not meet the level of commitment **I expect** all players to have to this great program, which includes performance during games, performance during practices, physical conditioning and performance in the classroom.” > > Doering called Portland’s statement “patently false” since Harris’ academic performance was above minimum NCAA requirements. Harris’ grade point average was about 3.0, according to the NCLR. The NCAA minimum is 2.0. > > Portland’s statement is not patently false unless ALL the elements are false. An easier way to beat off a defamation charge is found in the bolded words above. Unless Portland has written down somewhere her definition of a satisfactory “level of commitment”, it’s subjective to Portland, and thus not actionable. Sua ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-not-allowed-on-the-penn-state-womens-basketball-team/326977/48 "2005-10-20T21:11:27Z")
> [@SuaSponte](#): > > An easier way to beat off 😉 Just wanna say that lesbians are always welcome on _my_ team. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-not-allowed-on-the-penn-state-womens-basketball-team/326977.md?page=2)