Kayte Christensen uses her print space in the AZ Republic to respond to Debbie Schlussel.

Is this really a good idea? My sense is that cutting, satiric responses work better than earnest, serious respones. But to each her own, I guess.

It's also strange how Kayte is mostly unwilling to respond to Debbie's central point, which was that the WNBA provides bad role models because too many players are lesbians. The closest Kayte comes is this oblique passage (which, like Debbie's argument, employs rank stereotyping):

Explain to me how professional male athletes who admit to having sex with thousands of women, who stand trial for sexual assault, murder, drug charges and so on, are better role models for the youth of this country than someone like Anna DeForge, a player who was cut from her WNBA team but had the dedication to her sport to return to the league years later and become one of the league's top players.

"Someone like Anna DeForge"? You mean someone beset by the love that dare not speak its name?

Maybe we should speak its name. Maybe that's the only real response.