Cheerleaders forced into daintiness in 
Pennsylvania

An Associated Press story that made headlines 
August 24th on www.cnn.com says that 14 high 
schools in Pennsylvania have taken away 
cheerleaders' rights to perform acrobatic stunts. 
In an argument that has been going on since at 
least the 1940s, school officials say the stunts 
are unsafe. 

MIM believes the acrobatics should be 
kept and the cheerleading abolished. The actions 
by Pennsylvania high schools heighten the passive 
object side of cheerleading. Our only hope is that 
young wimmin will lose interest in cheerleading 
everywhere thanks to this action that reveals the 
true nature of cheerleading as pornography. 

While high schools themselves do not have much 
cheerleading for profit, professional sports do 
use cheerleaders to increase ticket sales and 
television revenue. High schools then imitate 
professional sports on a miniature scale and use 
wimmin's bodies to entertain the public. Next 
officials wonder why young wimmin become anorexic 
and why there is such a high rate of teen suicide, 
date rape and battering, so then government 
officials appropriate huge local, state and 
federal funding to boost wimmin's "self-esteem" 
through the dead-end of psychological counseling. 

Children and young people should not work 
themselves into a frenzy for their school and then 
commit unsafe acts. Young wimmin should set about 
risky sports the same way that young men do. MIM 
believes there is a positive aspect to somewhat 
risky sports, as long as there is no sick dynamic 
added in. MIM generally condemns spectator sports 
and cheerleading as a big part of class domination 
culture. It is much better for people to focus on 
their own health and develop their own athletic 
abilities. 

The spectator culture is a major 
contributor to the strength of class rule, because 
spectating teaches large numbers of people that 
they are not the "heroes" or major actors. Rather 
such spectating justifies the ruling class in 
claiming the lion's share of glory in all 
endeavors.

Note: 
CNN News, 
http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/teachers.ednews/08/24/
grounded.cheerleaders.ap/index.html