I’ve no doubt such whispers have followed her wherever she’s gone, throughout her life... I mean, look at her!
I think it’s natural to make these assumptions, I just think people should be aware of the assumptions they’re making, and the premises on which they base them—such as “ugly unmarried woman = lesbian”—which may or may not be valid.
My objection was to his assertion that she’s getting sympathy for being a woman, when everything I see suggests the opposite.
When we have her own words to define her, it’s difficult to understand some on this thread that defend her and say she’s not a lesbian (when it’s an open “secret”), and she’s not a marxist when she clearly is one.