Reply #114: It's actually not such a stupid association

[Ms. Toad]

The two teams I played on as an adult were predominantly lesbian, as were many of the teams we played against. It's less of an issue these days, but for women of my age (and Kagan's) many of us didn't want to spend our times in bars, were relatively athletic, and found it a great alternative to a dark smoke filled boozy cave to hang with our peers - or meet other women who wouldn't be offended if we asked them out on a date.

Doesn't mean that every woman who plays softball past college age is a lesbian - but the stereotype is not completely disconnected from reality.

And - as Bluebear and others have suggested, the point isn't whether she is lesbian, but what the WSJ intended by choosing a 17 year old photo that was completely unrelated to the news story, particularly after the speculation had already started that she was a lesbian.