I hope he doesn't turn his teammates gay.
Unfortunately, they are probably right. They won't come out and openly say it, but it does have an impact on their decision making. I remember a letter written by Chris Kluwe where he talks about how he was treated by the Vikings for simply speaking out for gay rights.
It is kind of lengthy, but definitely an interesting read.
A dilemma that I was curious about in regards to gay athletes. How does the dynamic change in the locker room... seeing as how a gay man in a men's locker room is essentially like having a straight man in a women's locker room, or a woman in a men's locker room, correct? If this makes other men in the locker room uncomfortable, it'll probably be seen as homophobic... when in actuality they may have a legit beef, no? We separate sexes for a reason in bathrooms/locker rooms. Doesn't make it a hateful thing, but I wouldn't be surprised to see things get complicated when more and more gay players enter the leagues.
It's not quite the same. Yes, if you put me in a women's locker room right now I would have a raging boner in <10 seconds, but if I had been in a women's locker room 5+ days a week for the last ten years there would be no issue.
I'm thinking more from the other perspective. I definitely would have no issue hanging in the women's locker room 5 days a week either, but the girls might be weirded out. :chuckles:
Once the girls understand that I'm not getting any sort of pleasure from seeing them naked (which, as explained in my previous post, would be the truth), then I'm not sure how it's any different from them seeing each other naked. Maybe it would be awkward for the first day or two, but ultimately everyone's got more important things to think about.
So let's just have co-ed locker rooms, showers and bathrooms in high school, college, pro sports, etc. Everyone will be used to it by 2015 and we will accelerate the process...right?
Good for Sam. Courageous.