Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Free choice blog! Week 7!
I was browsing around the internet today and went to check my email and there was an article on yahoo talking about skimpy cheerleading uniforms. The article was talking about how cheerleaders in flordia had to beg to wear their skirts on game day because their uniforms were too skimpy for the new dress code. Where as the cheerleaders in Connecticut begged school officals to make their uniforms less skimpy. I don't know if it really strikes me for the girls that want skimpy uniforms or don't want skimpy uniforms. It seems like the more and more years grow the less and less clothes are required. But now again it does seem like every school is getting uniforms now a days too. Im not sure if that is why girls dress so skimpy out of school because of the uniforms, or because of the bad inflence from the media. But it does make me happy to see that girls now have a concern about their image and the way that they dress. Which a very smart decision on thier part. I feel like skimpy outfit and uniforms could put a downer on girls self esteem, and studies show that college cheerleaders who were uniforms that expose their midriffs show a extremely higher risk of an eating disorder. Which really when you think about sounds right on. So it just shows which young women now have standards and which don't.
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I saw this article, too, but didn't read it.
ReplyDeleteDon't even get me started about cheerleaders. I can appreciate the sport. However, when these girls are being objectified, especially in skimpy clothes, it as if they are being sent the message that their bodies are their most important attributes. Ugh.
I agree! I feel like it not even a sport anymore. I think most girls join the team because of the way they are going to be preceived like they're popular, pretty. When you think about the world cheerleader you get a metal sterotypical image in your head.
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