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Views expressed in letters to the editor, columns and features are not necessarily those of the publishers. Subscriptions to Just Out are available for $17.50 for 12 issues. Fust class (in an envelope) is $30 for 12 issues. A free copy of Just Out and/or advertising rates are available upon request The mailing address and telephone number tar Just Out are: PO Box 15117 Pbrtland, OR 97215 (503)236-1252 just out ▼ 2 ▼ September 1990 Amazon T ra il..................................... 32 A R Y from the men’s tour. While Jimmy Connors and and McBrat and countless other men of W hat qualities make □ good role model? Nasty similar whine polluted the air with their mouths, the women were welcome relief. They Bob Padecky responds to born-again were dignified and classy and at their worst, they looked sad, not petty. Christian, former tennis pro And you may remember, Maggie, how all In fact, one avowed heterosexual particu eyes were riveted on Martina. She was No. 1 in BY B O B P A D E C K Y larly stood out. You may have heard of him. He the world, but she had to win people over. It New York Times News Service played your sport—John McEnroe. Yes, that wasn’t easy for her, if you remember. Oh, the flaming heterosexual. The one that wasn’t Margaret Court Smith fight she waged, the fight against stereotype. housebroken. That one. 3213 Prehistoric Lane Perth She looked like a man, so she would act like a Naturally, this confused me. It didn’t appear man. Juvenile and boorish. Just like the men. Australia that sexual preference had anything to do with But Martina wasn’t like that, was she, decency. I tried to think of it another way. ear Mrs. Court: Maggie? She poked fun at herself. She didn’t It was with great interest this week that I I wracked my brain thinking if there were pout at a bad call. Once tennis crowds began to read your social commentary on Martina ever a sentence of a Super Bowl story that read, trust her personality, to scratch past her surface, Narvratilova. “Joe Montana, who has a love of women, they played with her as much as she played You caused quite a stir when you said routed the Broncos this Sunday afternoon.” I with them . They traded quips with each other, Martina is a poor role model for children couldn’t recall one reference in any sports story each reminding the other this was still a game aspiring to play tennis because she is a about who is kissing whom, unless, of course, not a threat to world peace. In fact, to many homosexual. I was immediately intrigued with we’re talking about Joe Namath. Naturally, this and tennis fans, Martina was the first athlete they that opinion because I have a 4-year-old confused me more. No one seemed to care who had watched who they knew was a homosexual. daughter, Allison. Soon we’ll be searching for Montana hugged. I wonder why it would be any Martina made a lot of people relax their fears, if role models. I have high hopes for Allison as a different with Martina? So I tried to think of it not discard them altogether. professional athlete, although at this stage I am still another way. Lordy, the pressure she was under. She a little discouraged because she is still learning Maybe Martina threw rackets and tantrums didn’t buckle, did she, Maggie? She became the how to work the pedals on her tricycle. But a and a right cross at a linesman. Maybe Martina best female player ever under the most trying of role model is a role model, no matter what walk went into detox or gambled her life away or circumstances. Leaving her homeland. Living of life. There are so precious few of them that if cried like a baby if she lost or dealt enough a foreign country with no friends. Deposing someone can help me in my search, all the drugs to float Columbia. Maybe Martina wasn’t in America’s Sweetheart, Chris Evert. And not better. And because I take your comments to well-liked by her peers and didn’t contribute to once, through any of this, did she disgrace mean that Martina would be acceptable if she charities and was a general pain-in-the-butt to herself. wasn’t a homosexual, I began to look at all who met her. So I can’t help but come to a fairly obvious heterosexuals for the proper inspiration. Certainly, all these behaviors would qualify conclusion. If one day Allison asks me whom I As a sportswriter, it has been my good Martina as a poor role model. But you know, admire in women’s tennis, Marina Navratilova fortune to have met many of them. Pete Rose, once again, try as I may, I couldn’t find one is my champion, and you Margaret Court Brian Bosworth, Denny McLain, George newspaper story that mentions any such Smith, certainly are not. Steinbrenner, Steve Howe, lilis Nastase, Ben actions. In fact, I found the contrary. This is Johnson, The University of Oklahoma football what really puzzled me. I’m sure it will puzzle team. I’m not sure whether these were the role you, too. As you know, tennis fans turned to Sincerely, models you had in mind. women’s tennis in the ’80s as a welcome relief Bob D Renee Augrain, M.ed., N.C.C. Individuals • Couples • Groups Intimate Relationships • Self-esteem • Surviving Abuse A Safe Place Counseling Service 2610 SE Clinton, Suite F, Portland, OR 97202 • (503) 235-2005 don't keep it to yourself, say you saw it in just out!
