~melissa

On the topic of this law, I avidly believe that the law may be neccessary. If society had dealt with this issue, a law would not be needed! However, I also feel the law is vague and should be more clear in its regulations.

p.s. I feel that the older cheerleaders do not need as many regulations. The 12-year old cheerleaders however should have some better guidlines. A lot of parents don’t know how to speak up and set guiidlines for their young kids. Jirrarting in front of a crowd of sports fans is not appropriate for young girls.
p.s.s. I’d like to see teens commenting more. Some adults are totally clueless on this matter. They either jump on the chance to be strict or let their children do whatever. There needs to be a balance!

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26. Present Homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as “normal, natural, and healthy”.

It’s no surprise to me that the ACLU would be advocating this; even when people have gone so far a…

I have to agree. I mean, if they don’t pull back on their risque routines a little, guys might actually start taking a sexual interest in cheerleaders.

this is not the problem. The problem lies in the eyes of the but that can only see sex in anything it looks at. Cheerleading has guidelines and those guidlines and those guide lines are posted by the american cheerleading association and other cheer associations nationally.
Get your heads out of yours and let the cheerleaders alone.
they enjoy doing this and so do people who support their efforts in winning compitions for their schools and states.
you pick on them and you lose you lose everything they ever brought you.

also why not pick on gymnist they do the exact same thing
they where even more skimpy clothes and have theirs hanging outl
males included.\
at least the cheerleaders are dressed to code that is a must
and everything they do is done by code
yes clean up the filthy mouths and vulger language but the cheers ARE GREAT AND SO ARE THE COMPITIONS

I AM A MOTHER OF A COACH AND FORMER COLLEGE CHEERLEADER.

To put it another way would the cheerleaders get arrested for mimicking a principal’s office paddling, or would they get paddled for it?

Public School paddling is legal in 22 states, and widely practiced in a few. Texas is the leader by number but is only number 8 or so by percentage. Boys are more often paddled in elementary, but “for some reason” girls get nearly half of high school paddlings in many Texas schools, with men doing nearly all of the paddling and witnessing.

I just made the varsity squad at my high school, and this year we got a new coach. Our last years coach turned the squad into freaking slut buckets. The majority of them went off to collage and now its our turn. This years coach, however, is trying to clean the rest of us up. I see this happening in other schools around Louisiana.

What I dont understand is why this old guy is so interested in cheerleaders? I think he should take a second look. Most of us ’sexy cheerleaders’ agree that some of the dances we are performing are tasteless. But this is being cleaned up…

This guy should be concerned about the government and roads and all the things hes supposed to care about instead of cheerleading. Were fixing the problem.

First of all, I know a couple of girls who were cheerleaders in high school. They seemed aware that they were regarded as sexually desirable, they also seemed to know being a cheerleader had something to do with it.

Second, most “varsity” cheerleaders, whom this proposed law would affect, are at least 17 years old. In Texas (and indeed most states) a 17 year old can have sexual relations with anyone they wish. There is no law against this. They can do pretty much as they wish, in fact they could run away and join the circus or join the armed forces if they wanted to (however, I do not recommend this).

Third, this is a horrible (and typical) double standard. It is well known that boys wish to play school sports as a means of increasing their social standing as well as their sex appeal. The quarterback of the football team is as much a sex symbol as the head cheerleader. I recall my high school days well, I would’ve given much to be a footbal star so that I might have dated a cheerleader. Yet in spite of this obvious fact, none of you would consider slapping a chastity belt on male athletes. Why not. Don’t say “boys will be boys” either until you resolve the difference between accepted and rewarded behavior of boys in the US and accepted norms in other societies (such as India) where the cocky and sexually aggressive attitudes that our young men are taught to display are frowned upon and therefore less accepted.

Finally, every effort at sexual repression in the United States has been a miserable failure. “Abstinence only” efforts have resulted in more risk taking, pregnancy, STDs et cetera, largely due to ignorance and an inability to control natural urges. In fact it has the unintended affect of causing additional stress, anxiety, shame and depression to our young people (especially girls). Societies where female sexuality is repressed, such as Islamic states, have an abnormally high rate of homosexual behavior among men. Women and children are routinely abused in these societies. In short, the repression of female sexuality is not, in my opinion, a good thing.

I am not any kind of expert and rely on open source material (medical journals) and my own gut instincts in forming my opinion. While I am willing to conceed that some guidance regarding appropriate routines for young children involved in this sport might be a good idea, no mention has been made of the (obvious) difference between a 12 year old middle school student and a 17 year old high school senior. They should not be held to the same standards. I understand the concern of parents for their children’s welfare, however I firmly believe that the logic behind all of this is deeply flawed and wanted to inject some honesty and reason into the debate. This proposed law, simply put, is folly.

More from our Great Cultural Revolution… Jay Reding points us to a bill from a Texas Lawmaker that will seek to curb sexy cheerleading. The AP reports: “Legislation filed by Rep. Al Edwards would put an end to “sexually suggestive” performances at…

You’re right about one thing, though – the whole idea is pretty funny, but definitely sad in a way.

That may be… but even if it weren’t ripe for jokes to be made, the proposal is VERY badly written. It’s too vague… it tries to ban something without defining that thing.

In the current sexual climate, teenagers know more about sex earlier and earlier. They have sex earlier and earlier – even in Texas, with the heavy religious influence and campaigns like “True Love Waits.” Sex is a part of the educational culture because it is a part of every human being, but there is no reason to encourage inappropriate displays in a school setting.

Since the coaches, teachers and administrators aren’t taking care of it themselves, I am thankful that the lawmakers are there to step in.

For those of you who think that this is a personal issue or something to be kept within the family, think again. Do you remember what peer pressure was like in high school? Have you asked your own children lately? Not to mention that these are cheerleaders on a TEAM. The point is for them to be the same: look the same, dance the same, smile the same, etc. With the exception of one girl, every cheerleader at my high school had the exact same highlighted blonde hair. You can’t expect girls to go against the grain and say, “I’m not comfortable with that,” and you certainly can’t expect them to give up the honor of being part of the cheerleading squad. So think again.

And yeah, there probably are a lot of other things that the Texas legislature could address. But you know what? You have to start somewhere. In this case, the morality and standards of coming generations are at stake. I’d be willing to spend some time on that.