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Two Men Try but Fail to make NFL Cheerleader squad. Tell me what your "automatic" thoughts and impressions were and tell me if you made any attempt to override your initial impressions or not.
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My first impression of this article was did the man fail to make the team because he was not talented enough or did he fail to make the team because he is a man? This is a complicated question because you have understood the goals of the NFL when they are creating these cheer squads. Do these teams want the best dancers to perform on gameday or do they want the best-looking dancers to perform on gameday. NFL football games are viewed dominantly by men, so it would make sense to have a women’s cheer team, also if an NFL team were to have men on their cheer squad would they want to face the scrutiny of having men on their team. I feel like my initial thoughts are fair because if I were making a professional dance team I would want to have the best dancers regardless of gender.
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DeleteI like to think of myself as a pretty liberal guy, so my automatic thoughts when I saw this video where the men failed to make the team because of their dance abilities, or because a higher agenda of the NFL. I think five or ten years back my views would have been different because the state of our country was not in the position its in today as far as equality for homosexuals, and even men and women. My initial impressions were not terrible answers like “Why would two men try out for a cheer leading squad” or anything of that nature, my impressions had to do with dance ability and the NFL’s agenda. Even though stereotyping can be positive or negative, I think people generally stereotype dance teams with a female roster, and males would out of the norm for a dance team. Also, expectations of the fans of the NFL, I think they expect to see an all-female roster when they attend a football game. Another issue I think is the agenda of the NFL which may be more of a political issue, because what type of scrutiny would they receive for having men on the dance team? The sport is dominantly watched by men, so I guess they try to cater to their audience, but women also watch football too. I think the viewer gender demographic who watch the NFL should correlate with the dance team gender demographic to cater to all viewers. For example, if 75% of men watch football games then roughly that amount should be women and vice versa.
957666703: There are male cheerleaders in middle school, high school, college, and who compete outside of school. since there are many many male cheerleaders within the sport i do not see why professional teams don't have them within their squads.
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ReplyDeleteMy initial thought on two men trying out for NFL cheerleading was something like, “Why would they even want to do this?” I guess I thought this because of the stigma of cheerleaders being girls. I also thought about the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and how difficult it is to get onto the team, along with all of the requirements there are to be on an NFL squad. Stereotypically, guys love to watch the cheerleaders to see “hot girls,” not other guys. My initial impression was changed because society is becoming more accepting of men and women in different roles. If that’s what they want to do, and if it’s what makes them happy, then they deserve to be able to do it.