Why do people hate cheerleaders so badly?

Question

Well I am a cheerleader, but I want the honest answer. Why do they hate us though? Why not lax players or basketball players? I just want to know why!!!

Answer 1

Sorry to tell you this but cheerleaders are under a stereo type... most im not saying all but most cheerleaders tend to be stuck up rude and they think they are just better than everyone else. I actually have 2 really good friends that are cheerleaders.

Answer 2

because there is something so cheap about having a "sport" based around going to varsity boys' athletic games and supporting them by wearing short skirts, dancing around, and yelling. i'm not saying that cheerleading does not require a athletic ability--it does! I'm sure I would be a terrible cheerleader. But cheerleaders do so many things that just don't require talent. I mean standing on the baseline during the boy's games and yelling things like "Up. Fire Up! Hey! Fiiiiire!" *clap clap* *clap clap* "Up. Fire Up! Hey! Fiiiiire!" etc. while moving their arms and legs...yeah what is the point of that? Cheerleaders would get a lot more respect if they treated their "sport" like a sport rather than as a fanclub for the boy's varsity athletics. For example, is it really necessary to make all the football players cute locker signs before games? Is it necessary to do all those stupid cheers on the sideline during the game? If cheerleaders just went out there and did their routines during timeouts and half-time and didn't spend the rest of the game trying to compete for attention of the sidelines it would seem like they had more of a purpose.

The fact that people don't respect them as true athletes I think translates into people not liking them as a person. If people have no respect for cheerleading, they are not likely to have much respect for those who spend their time being cheerleaders.

Answer 3

Actually, I think your perception of this phenomenon is a little off. Most people don't hate cheerleaders at all. Those that do are no more numerous than people who hate basketball players. The thing is that you, being a cheerleader, perceive the people that hate cheerleaders in a stronger light due to objectivity factors from your existence as a cheerleader.

That said, there is a reason some people do not like cheerleaders. In fact, there are two big ones. For one thing, there is a stereotype of cheerleaders being vain and cruel. This is based in part from "popular" children being chosen in some schools for the part, and part way on stereotypes that are aggravated by the entertainment industry. The fact is that some popular kids, cheerleaders or not, pick on less popular kids and make them feel bad. Not all of them, but some do. Those less popular people grow up with a complex against popular people, of which cheerleaders are a symbol, and this ideal gets spread to people they know and through the media. Although there is some truth the to allegations, obviously most cheerleaders are not like this, and they get labeled. It is unfair, but there it is.

The other reason has to do with the image of women. The other stereotype against cheerleaders is that they are all attractive, and that it is difficult for "less" attractive girls to get picked. This causes self-esteem issues for those who are deemed or deem themselves as not being pretty enough. It also causes unhealthy perceptions of what women should look like. These perceptions are unfair and do not take into consideration the health and diversity of the female populations. Some schools are taking action in this area, opening up cheerleading to a more diverse range of women, but the stereotype has already been imbedded into the minds of most people.

Thus, the people who "hate" you do it for two likely reasons. One is that they were mistreated by cheerleaders. The second is that they see cheerleaders as a perpetuation of unhealthy perceptions of women. Regardless, declaring people in general as "hating cheerleaders" is stereotyping, too. The best thing you can do as a cheerleader is to lead a good life, treat others with respect, and be tolerant of those around you. Understand the reasons people are prejudiced, and then prove them wrong! You'll make yourself feel better, and you'll play a part in ending stereotypes against cheerleaders, as well as of women and people in general.

Good luck!

Answer 4

I don't know if hate is the right word.
I do think that people see cheerleaders flaunting their bodies and being a bit self centered.
When the crowd is serious about a certain call or play they don't need half dressed boobs jumping up and down.

Cheerleaders used to be Cheer Leaders.....NOT entertainers.
They literally were part of the game, not part of the bling bling eye candy jumping around.


The cheerleaders seem superfluous. If they want to be taken serious they need to become more of the game and less sex figures.

Answer 5

i don't hate cheerleaders. Infact i like cheerleaders. i like the way you women look on your uniforms. Infact, I wish you cheerleaders might positioned on your cheerleading uniforms around colleges, around city, etc. additionally, impressive tidbit you may like, the highschool I went to became unusual because of the fact just about all the cheerleaders took completely Honors and AP instructions and have been rapidly A pupils. They looked greater like the form who went to an Ivy League college after graduating than the sterotypical concept of "nowhere after severe college" variety you often pay attention approximately. i be conscious of it fairly is not uncomplicated to be a cheerleader, yet to be ordinary, i might cost it as particularly complicated. I do some hard artwork that exceedingly lots all of us might run for expensive existence faraway from (alongside with toss a broken washing device or dryer onto a truck with one hand after donning on my shoulder). this is why whilst exceedingly lots all of us talks approximately complicated issues they do, I supply a catalogue of issues I do. yet don't be discouraged by potential of that, i be conscious of that cheerleading isn't modelling.

Answer 6

i don't hate cheerleaders....i just think that in movies and such cheerleaders are portaryed as being snotty rich girls who look down on other people. Some people just see these stereotypes and cant look past them to see the real people cheerleaders are. I mean some cheerleaders may fit this description but many do not

Answer 7

its a stereotype, yes. every stereotype is not entirely true. but they are all at least a partially true, and for some reason. for instance, arabs are stereotyped as being violent. this is not always true, but there is a reason it arose. several of them are violent because their holy book ( can't spell it) has some references to holy wars, which made it easier for some of them to justify violence on white people.
As for cheerleaders, why does this stereotype exist? don't think about it in the wrong direction. cheerleaders don't become arrogant, flirtatious, dress immoral, etc. from cheerleading. those kinds of people like to be cheerleaders. why? so they can flaunt themselves, be in the spotlight, but not work quite so hard as other sports.
again, only partially true.

Answer 8

not everyone hates cheerleaders. i know i don't i have lots of friends that are cheerleaders. but some cheerleaders act like their better than everyone and own the school stuff like that but i ain't got any problems with cheerleaders. they can be really nice. and teach you how to be more flexible if you want to join the team.

Answer 9

Because cheerleaders are stereotyped as being clueless, vain, catty, bitchy, stuck up and materialistic.

And then there's that whole "making a career" out of it thing where it gets taken WAY too far.

I can give some props to the really good dance team cheerleaders, but if you just jump around and shake pompoms to lame rhymes, don't be so conceited.

Answer 10

I don't know that people hate cheerleaders. I remember i always enjoyed fridays at my high school because the cheerleaders would wear their little outfits to school, and to a highly hormonal teenage boy, that was both excruciating and wonderful. Maybe the part that people don't like so much is all the apparently inane cheering and jumping up and down - it can seem stupid and a little shallow. School spirit isn't a priority for everybody.