Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 21:41     Subject: Re:Everyone loves cheerleaders!
Mother of 2 daughters here who cheer for the middle school who one 1st place and had the highest overall score of the day...I would absolutely love to hear you call them slutty while I can see you!
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 21:21     Subject: Everyone loves cheerleaders!
Anonymous wrote:God, I really, really hate the fact that my DD's ES has a hootchie-cootchie cheerleading squad. She actually came home at about age 4 grinding her ass and chanting "I'm sexy! I'm sexy!"

Awesome lessons to learn in pre-K.


She learned that from home and not at school.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 21:17     Subject: Everyone loves cheerleaders!
I was bright enough for you to respond. Isn't that what cheerleaders do, call and response!!! May I ask, were you tormented by cheerleaders? I am just as bright as George W. Bush, who also was a cheerleader.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 20:15     Subject: Re:Everyone loves cheerleaders!
Anonymous wrote:The op talks about middle and high schoolers not 7year olds.


OP said "Here are some results". Several others responded that they thought ES cheerleading was inappropriate. I agreed.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 19:45     Subject: Re:Everyone loves cheerleaders!
The op talks about middle and high schoolers not 7year olds.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 19:36     Subject: Re:Everyone loves cheerleaders!
Anonymous wrote:Many division 1 schools give scholarships for cheerleading. It is a competitive ncaa sanctioned sport. That booth men and women compete in and get scholarships. They also can win the title.


Yep, but that's a far different thing from elementary school cheerleading. Sorry, but sexualizing my 7 year old is not something I'm going to engage in.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 19:29     Subject: Re:Everyone loves cheerleaders!
Many division 1 schools give scholarships for cheerleading. It is a competitive ncaa sanctioned sport. That booth men and women compete in and get scholarships. They also can win the title.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 18:25     Subject: Everyone loves cheerleaders!
Anonymous wrote:MY DD is attracted to the synchronization, the music, the camaradery she sees on her elementary school squad.
And we've already been exposed to the idea that cheerleaders are at the top of the pecking order (She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers...) It's a great activity if your DD is good at gymnastics, acrobatics, dance, and her goal is to grow up to get a decent job in accounts payable and marry rich, or go into cheer coaching. But Mommy disapproves. I'm holding out for doctor, paleontologist, engineer, entrepreneur...


I'm not a fan of cheerleading either, but a few presidents were once cheerleaders, as was Ruth Bader Ginsburg. There's hope, Mom.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 17:01     Subject: Everyone loves cheerleaders!
MY DD is attracted to the synchronization, the music, the camaradery she sees on her elementary school squad.
And we've already been exposed to the idea that cheerleaders are at the top of the pecking order (She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers...) It's a great activity if your DD is good at gymnastics, acrobatics, dance, and her goal is to grow up to get a decent job in accounts payable and marry rich, or go into cheer coaching. But Mommy disapproves. I'm holding out for doctor, paleontologist, engineer, entrepreneur...
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 16:18     Subject: Re:Everyone loves cheerleaders!
Looks like not everyone loves cheerleaders.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 16:13     Subject: Re:Everyone loves cheerleaders!
Cheerleading just seems so low class, these days.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 14:27     Subject: Everyone loves cheerleaders!
Anonymous wrote:Is being a cheerleader a feminine ideal still?


In, um, some circles.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 14:25     Subject: Everyone loves cheerleaders!
Anonymous wrote:Whoa, this bashing of cheerleading is not necessary. To compare it to a sport is an old argument and one that's been debated for years. It is recognized and sanctioned by the DCPS athletic department, enough said.

If school is not fun for you, it is understandable. I said everyone loves cheerleaders and not everyone loves a cheerleader, there's a difference.

Well, for the posters who are nay sayers there was a capacity crowd in attendance who enjoyed it immensely. More importantly, the elementary parental participation is phenomenal.

Surely, you have not had your coffee, if you are calling for Deal to rid themselves of cheerleading. They were phenomenal and could have beaten the high-school teams.

The cheerleading of your yester-years of sis-boom-bah has gone bye-bye. Get with it or be gone!!!

By the way, the tight cheerleading outfits are necessary because the loose fitting sweaters and pleated-skirts were causing more injuries over the years.


You aren't very bright....hope your kid is much smarter.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 14:19     Subject: Everyone loves cheerleaders!
Is being a cheerleader a feminine ideal still?
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 14:11     Subject: Everyone loves cheerleaders!
Anonymous wrote:only on DCUM would someone slut-shame a kid


Laughably off-base. You're high if you think any of this is an attack on the kids. No more than critics are "slut-shaming" some toddler whose mother dresses her up in lingerie and make-up for one of those child pageants.

There's a difference between slut-shaming a teen for expressing their sexuality, and calling out a parent for sexualizing their elementary school child.