Those Terrible College Cheerleader Squads

[L'Emmerdeur]

. . . And their damned desire to get athletic young women to participate in the terrible practice of prancing about at sporting events. I'm a little surprised Forty Two hasn't already started a thread about this, being as it's right there in his wheelhouse, but then again, even he can't keep an eye on every tendril of the creeping menace of Cultural Marxism.

"UW cheerleader tryout flier goes viral, offends many" | seattlepi

Cheerleaders at the University of Washington are being hit with more spirit than they expected after the squad published a checklist of what potential cheerleaders should and shouldn't have during tryouts.

False eyelashes are a must, according to poster promoting tryouts, as are a "physically fit, athletic physique," a "bronze, beachy glow" and "Girl About Town lipstick." And good luck trying to make the Huskies cheer and dance team with a tattoo, ponytail or an outfit that covers the midriff. All those things are not acceptable according to the poster.

Within 24 hours of posting the fliers, the team took them down after the internet complained they "objectified women" and took away from the sport of cheerleading.

How dare they, honestly?

[Svartalf]

Well, cheerleading is disgusting in the first place, if the girls needed that to get their eyes opened, so good.

[JimC]

They are advertising for a particular, theatrical role, no matter how shallow it may be as a human activity. As such, they have a right to state what features they are looking for, and they can enjoy their little Barbie clone to their heart's content...

The real issue would come if such criteria were to be used for other roles, such as a shop only wanting salesgirls with a "cheerleader" look...

[Tyrannical]

Cheerleading is a competitive sport.

[pErvinalia]

"sport of cheerleading"

Oh, and wtf is "girl about town lipstick"?

[JimC]

"sport of cheerleading"

Oh, and wtf is "girl about town lipstick"?

Probably not a deep purple colour...

[mistermack]

[cronus]

American thing. Women have lower status in the states. I recall reading.

[Brian Peacock]

[Tyrannical]

Cheerleading really is a valid sport. More so than men playing that silly kick ball game.

[Brian Peacock]

I also like the marching band competitions.

[pErvinalia]

Cheerleading really is a valid sport. More so than men playing that silly kick ball game.

You probably think WWE and synchronised swimming are sports too.

[laklak]

Male cheerleaders. Lol. The only thing lower on the athletic totem pole than a male cheerleader was the kid who cleaned up the jockstraps in the locker room. Female cheerleaders were royalty. If you dated a cheerleader you were the dog's fucking bollocks, but they generally only dated jocks. As a stoner I was out of that loop, though I did fuck one from a different school once. The Head Cheerleader (snigger) usually dated the captain of the football team, but at my high school the team captain was the brother of the head cheerleader. Though we were in the South we were a fancy ass private boarding school, so public sister shagging was frowned on. So she dated the captain of the baseball team, and her brother didn't date anyone because he was in the closet.

[pErvinalia]

Merka.

[laklak]

FUCK YEAH!