Thank the porn and film industry.
EXACTLY. Cheerleaders did not make films like Debbie Does Dallas. We did not create the hot cheerleader fantasy. We didn't create 'Hottest Cheerleader' lists.
They did.
Oh, so you (NCPs) say that our short skirts are a "tease"? Well then, you'd better say the same thing to dancers, because lots of dance costumes have skirts with briefs underneath. And they pull heel stretches just like we do. I don't see you people building entire fetishes around them.
To all of the idiot parents who claim that HS cheer is "legal softcore porn"... don't your girls play field hockey (short skirts with side slits), lacrosse (short skirts with side slits) and tennis (short skirts)? Check yourself before you wreck yourself.
Cheerleaders (the real ones, not the scantily clad pom DANCERS you see at most NFL and NBA games) don't act "sexy". Outsiders chose to fetishize us. It's so bad that there are actually people who think that we don't wear anything (no underwear, I mean NOTHING) under our skirts because they have only ever seen cheerleaders in porn. Then they freak out when their kids want to be cheerleaders. They think their sons do it to get closer to girls, and that their daughters do it to be promiscuous. Hey dummy, maybe your daughter was watching ESPN and saw UCA Nationals and THAT'S what inspired her.
These are the same people that have the gall to call cheerleaders stupid.
Please, don't make me laugh.