Are high school cheer leaders supposed to be sexy?

[msanger]

My girlfriend and I are having a "discussion" about this. What do you think?

[Endangered Specie]

1. They should only be appealing to guys

their age ;)

[Goldmund]

2. hahahahahaha

OK.

[kokomo]

3. How about male cheerleaders like George W. Bush?

[donheld]

4. no no no no

they should all look like janet reno :spank::spank::spank::spank::spank::spank:

[shanti]

5. no, they're supposed to be wholesome

not sleazy

[Wilber_Stool]

6. I really don't think

they can help it.

[Kenneth ken]

7. I think

that the nature of the role, i.e. jumping around with lots of enthusiasm, a certain degree of flexibility, etc. forces a cheerleader to become reasonably fit, like any athlete, and a healthy, fit bosy, is pretty much always sexy, at the physical level.

edit to add: whether they're "supposed" to be sexy, I think it is an inevitable result of the work entailed in being a cheerleader.

[vajraroshana]

8. I remember this one particularly vulgar chear at pep rallies...

Where after getting everyone whooped up the cheerleaders would line up and then bend over exposing their panties that were in the school colors to cheering and whistling...

I bet they don't do that anymore (that was the early 80s)...

[Awsi Dooger]

12. I can picture that, but vulgar isn't what comes to mind

Our school mascot was the Eagles and we had great cheerleaders. At basketball games and wrestling matches they would flip their skirts revealing a sketch of an eagle on their backsides. Very impressive backsides, I might add.

We had cheerleaders as early as 7th grade. They were sexy at that point, as long as the right guy was picking the squad.

[Richardo]

23. Yeah, now its *thongs* in the school colors...

...some squads have definitely crossed the line from 'girl-next-door wholesomeness' to Aqualung/Lolita territory.

[JVS]

9. Duh! Cheerleaders are supposed to be sexy.

[kokomo]

13. NFL cheerleaders promote sex.. What next "working" the goal posts like.

the poles in strip bars?

Ever notice how many porn films use "actresses" in cheerleader uniforms (that is what I have been told)!
O8)

[JVS]

15. Sounds good to me. If football got strippers then kids wouldn't...

be brought along by their patents. Which means 2 good things for me. 1) more tickets to be had. 2) an environment that is more encouraging for the consumption of alcohol and the use of foul language

[RandomKoolzip]

28. Actually very few Porn vids use cheerleader uniforms.

I'd know. If they did, I'd own nothing BUT porn vids in my collection.

[Hello_Kitty]

10. They're appealing because

They are those 'unattainable' girls that most guys couldn't get in high school. So they fetish-ize the whole thing as adults.

[vinnievin777]

11. There are a lot of sexy girls

So if you and your girlfriend have this problem she is jealous of youth and you are giving her reason to be.
Vinnie
http://www.vinnievin.com

[UpsideDownFlag]

14. are football players supposed to be strong and/or agile? nt

[nemo137]

16. I guess they are supposed to be, but ours aren't

although I am biased towards flat chested geeky girls, so my opinion may not count.

[Phillycat]

17. I chose "yes" because there was no "well duh" option.

Of course they are.

[WilliamPitt]

18. Google 'cheerleader' under the Images tab

I dare you.

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. I should have chosen truth instead of dare on that one.

Reason number 1 why my daughter will never become a cheerleader: Googling cheerleader under images tab. :hi:

[Zomby Woof]

22. make sure

The SafeSearch is OFF. :P

[ScreamingMeemie]

25. I didn't need to...moderate safe was enough...Ahhhh, my eyes!

:hi:

[liontamer]

19. Depends on what you mean

they are young, energetic, and (usually) healthy athletes. So they are sexually appealing to other high school students by default. There's nothing wrong with that.

If you're talking about cheerleading squads that perform as though they are in a "gentleman's club"... I don't think cheerleading is supposed to look like that. And I thought it was sleazy even when I was in high school.

[Ron Green]

20. It's the objectification of women, as institutionalized in schools.

Although there are dress codes in the hallways and classrooms of schools that prohibit showing too much skin, thighs and panties of the elite "cheerleader" girls are shown as a bright promise of what is come: nookie for the boys, and sexual objectification for the girls.

[makhno]

24. Sexual classism

It is important for a class-based society to establish a hierarchy of winners and losers early on, to promote the idea of the haves and the have-nots as natural. The football player, the cheerleader - the active participants, the leaders as it were - are the winners in the sexual society. The rest - the spectators - are condemned to a life of voyeurism and frustration.

The answer to the original question is "yes, obviously."

[noonwitch]

26. Only to 10-19 year old boys and men, hopefully

Otherwise, it's a felony to act upon the desire.

[Skittles]

27. cheerleading is degrading

girls should participate in their own sports, not provide entertainment for guys