Cheerleading Should Be Allowed In Schools

Many have started to gain the thought that cheerleading is an inappropriate activity for children and teenagers to participate in. Parents are worried that schools are beginning to be a little too lenient with letting their children dress in “skimpy” uniforms and performing inappropriate routines. There is no evidence proving that cheerleading is making people’s children participate in sexual activities but many people think otherwise.

Schools need to stop young students from performing provocative routines and wearing “skimpy” uniforms. When children are imbued with adult sexuality, it is often imposed upon them rather than chosen by them.” Popping your toddler into adult-styled clothing or teaching a six-year-old to shake …show more content…
Increased sexual activity among youth, they warn, will lead to unwanted pregnancies, the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and larger numbers of school dropouts. By sanctioning suggestive cheerleading routines, school districts are effectively encouraging youth delinquency, proponents of a crackdown insist. In order to make cheerleading respectable once again, they assert, school officials should monitor cheerleaders' performances at games and require offending cheerleading teams to eliminate risqué dance moves. Cheerleaders are feeling more adult-like with their routines and outfits and more confident to talk to boys. Boys on cheer teams are feeling more comfortable with touching the cheerleaders and looking at their outfits. These things can lead to them involving themselves in more sexual …show more content…
They are not performing inappropriately or in any way to cause more sexual activity. Cheerleaders are there to cheer on the growth and to present a positive image to the audience. There is no evidence proving that cheerleading increases STDs, teen pregnancies, etc so schools should not crack down on the programs. Young audience and dancers may be encouraged to engage in risky sexual activity as a result of witnessing the suggestive cheers.when children are imbued with adult sexuality, it is often imposed upon them rather than chosen by them.” Popping your toddler into adult-styled clothing or teaching a six-year-old to shake her booty may be amusing, but it is also an imposition of adult sexuality.Doing research on the lives of young girls and the ways in which the media impacts them makes me hyper-aware of how these incidents demonstrate the increasing pressure on younger and younger girls to become too sexual too soon.(USA Today) Parents are noticing that their children are being encouraged to engage in becoming more sexual through cheer. With the outfits displaying their belly buttons and the routines causing them to dance in a way, parents are starting to feel uncomfortable with them cheering. Obviously the coach, who said the cheer had been around “for 20 years,” felt differently.(USA Today) Coaches are not seeing a problem with the cheerleaders doing what