Having seen a bit of cheerleading on telly
it does seem to be more like gymnastics than just saying 'Go Team'. According to MTV MADE (which I have never watched, ever, at all, honest) you have to be able to do backflips and somersaults to even get on teh team.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:34, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

even if it is a legitimate sport
I think the fact that it even exists is as a support for boys sport is a symptom of a misogynistic society
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:37, Reply)

They have boy cheerleaders too
George W Bush was one.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:37, Reply)

there's a shit load of boys cheerleaders though
and 90% of the time cheerleaders are facing the stands, not the fields
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:38, Reply)

Foxtrots, the lorrovem.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:39, Reply)

Have you seen that picture then?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:41, Reply)

No

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:52, Reply)

wiki says cheerleaders are meant to be getting the crowds cheering

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:42, Reply)

....for a male dominated sport

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:45, Reply)

are you going all girl power on me here?
cause, I gotta tell you, I don't care about that stuff
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:48, Reply)

How unempowered.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:50, Reply)

that's only because you've been brought
up in a patriarchal hegemony
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:51, Reply)

Stop using big words I don't understand.
Anyway, cheering isn't the only girls sport, they have boy and girl teams for all sports.
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:54, Reply)

Thank fuck, too.
a matriarchal hegemony would be unbearable.
( Kroney, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:54, Reply)

Men look like shit in those skirts.

( Kroney, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:48, Reply)

all that jazz
when I was in school they used to toss a girl up in the air and she'd come back down through the basketball hoop and they'd catch her
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:37, Reply)

I've tossed over some cheerleaders' hoops in my time as well.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:38, Reply)

I've been watching "Hellcats"
a teen drama about cheerleaders. I was shocked to discover they're all stunningly gorgeous and wear skimpy costumes, I was just looking for some well-developed personal interactions.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 27 Jun 2011, 15:57, Reply)