Cheerleading, especially when presented as the female counterpart to American football

glennmagusharvey

Because if anything, this is basically band, plus fanservice.  Occasionally, gymnastics may be involved.  But guys are rarely if ever involved.  Sexist crap.

snowbull

Don't they employ guys to hold them up and throw them in the air and stuff?

RedEyedAbyss

Fanservice, you say?

(I didn't dare look at it again after the first time)

Of course, sexist crap is the female counterpart to violent crap (obligatory dig at American football).

glennmagusharvey

What the fuck did I just watch

Myrmidon

Shut up, Glenn. I've had friends who were cheerleaders.

Tnophelia

Sounds like somebody has hype backlash to feminine based encouragement and fan service employed by football teams.

-thumbs down-

glennmagusharvey

I dislike American football anyway.

Tnophelia

DontLikeDontWatch

Anonus

Football interests me, as a strategic game and cultural phenomenon.

Bob

Nothing wrong with cheerleading. Still, it shouldn't be seen as a "female counterpart" to football. Who the hell says a woman can't grab a ball, run around across some huge field and ram into other people? Who says guys can't wear skimpy outfits and do cheesy, campy dance moves to shitty music to increase morale?

Central Avenue

Confession: When I was 13 I really, really wanted to be a cheerleader. But I never actually bothered pursuing it, because I knew I'd have had to wear a boy's uniform instead of a girl's uniform.

Bob

What were your school's feelings towards transgenderism / non-heteronormativity (or whatever the stupid word is)? Perhaps you could've been able to wear a girl's uniform.

Central Avenue

^^ I don't really know. It didn't seem to come up a lot, and I never looked into it.

^ Yes. Yes we do.

glennmagusharvey

"Nothing wrong with cheerleading. Still, it shouldn't be seen as a
"female counterpart" to football. Who the hell says a woman can't grab a
ball, run around across some huge field and ram into other people? Who
says guys can't wear skimpy outfits and do cheesy, campy dance moves to
shitty music to increase morale?"

I'm complaining that it is such.

There should be more male cheerleaders and female American football players.

Bob

Exactly. We're saying the same thing, just for a minute it seemed as if you were complaining about cheerleading itself.

RedEyedAbyss

Personally, I don't think there should be more of either. They should be playing more dignified sports, like hockey.

Anonus

Hockey is great, until they make them stop fighting and start pushing that black thing around.

/pearls before swine reference

Central Avenue

Hockey, eh? Like the Blue Jackets. Who play in Nationwide Arena.

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Let's have a moment of silence for the historic Ohio Penitentiary.

Anonus

DENVER SUCKS

BRING BACK THE NORDS

Longfellow