catlady
Cheer Parent
- Jun 6, 2012
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I think instead of trying to change how we act and dress to prevent those few creeps from targeting us, why not create protection from those creeps? I just don't want girls to get the idea that the way they dress is "asking for" the negative attention, because they're really not. Its those few people who view it badly. +
What you wear SHOULD NOT determine if someone CHOOSES to view you negatively. It's a society issue, really. I think people choose to believe that the way people dress shows what kind of person they are, when in reality it doesn't.
When i say "target" i mean in the way someone takes pictures of, follows, or any other inappropriate actions that really shouldn't be happening at a competition.
No, women do not ask to be hurt nor do they ask to be posted on social media without their knowledge but, I don't buy the line that we don't ask for "attention", we just don't want the negative attention. If I could rewind to my younger years and walk through a mall in a cheer uniform with a crop top and a short little skirt that barely covers the southern border or put a warm up on, I would have chosen the uniform. And, I would have had no doubt as to why because, me and my friends would have strutted that little skirt and enjoyed the fact we were turning heads as we sashayed confidently by.
We can't be naïve, that uniform is considered "professional" only in the porn industry. And, whether it is a society issue, or not, it doesn't matter, we can't change their attitude if we don't change ours. Wearing the warm up won't stop it all but, it will stop a lot of it. The pictures I've seen out there are not of girls competing, although I'm sure there are some. The pictures I have seen are very candied and close up.