The child's same-sex parent acts as a role model.

孩子的同性家长是孩子效仿的榜样。

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Questions have been raised about his handling of sex abuse cases and whether he had a role in keeping them quiet.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

Former footballer and Deputy General-Secretary of the Union, Thulaganyo Gao Shubelwe, says footballers can play a positive role in conveying the safe-sex message because of the aura surrounding them.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

What happens to friendship once sex starts playing a role?

FORBES: Friends with Benefits? Well, It's Complicated

Before resigning amid a sex scandal last November, Petraeus played a key role in convincing Pentagon officials that Joyeuse, a retired doctor from upstate New York, deserved to lie in rest among some of America's greatest military heroes, people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.

WSJ: Ex-CIA chief aided WWII hero's Arlington burial

On "30 Rock" she will reprise her recurring role as a schoolteacher-turned-registered-sex-offender.

WSJ: Susan Sarandon, Cast as the Sexy Older Woman