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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to say that while I can see that cheerleaders are very athletic and fit, I am uncomfortable with some aspects of High School cheerleading.  I recently overheard a conversation between my freshman old daughter, on a JV sports team at school at a local public high school and her good friend, on the JV cheerleading team at the same school, in which my daughter asked why the cheerleading squad only performed at boys sporting events, and not at her's, or other sporting events involved the girl's team.  Her friend didn't have an answer.  I checked into it, and found out this was true, and it bothers me.  [/quote]

Why does it bother you? I am not American , but I thought that they traditionally cheer only at the football games. Are there anything wrong with that? [/quote]

Well it's sexist. Why shouldn't girls teams have people specifically designated to cheer for them and get the crowd rooting for them? Why only boys teams?[/quote]
Why do you have to make it all about sexes? How do you see it in practice: normally, they practice five days a week, attend one game on weekend and some competitions on weekends. How is it possible for a school team to cheer at more than one game?[/quote]

This is hilarious.  Are you concerned that if cheerleaders cheer at more than one game a week their uteri will fall out?  What exactly is the concern?  Boys' and girls' games tend not to be scheduled at the same days/times, so there would be little conflict.  If there were conflicts, they could alternate.[/quote]

Or they could have more people on the squad and split the games. But that would make it less of a popularity contest.[/quote]

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