You Can’t Hate Kid-Friendly Drag Shows and Love Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Well, you can, but we LGBTQ folks roll our eyes
Do you like cheerleaders?
Think they’re wholesome, positive role models for children? If so, I don’t have a problem with you. Oh, I think the whole, “Boys show off athletic prowess while girls dance sexy for them” paradigm is sexist as hell, but to each their own.
Lots of things are sexist, and I know cheerleading has deep roots in American culture. So do beauty contests, the Radio City Rockettes, and other revered institutions that feature scantily clad women and girls performing to sexually titillate men and boys.
(No, stop. Every boy in middle and high school sports knows cheerleaders are sex and status symbols. Not all cheerleaders cheer for that reason, but let’s not be coy about why boys love cheerleaders.)
If you’re cool with that, that’s your decision. If you want your kid in cheerleading or a child beauty pageant, that’s your business and none of mine.
Know what I have a huge problem with? This:
