Comments on: Football Bloggers Attempt to Tackle Misogyny, Homophobia Ensues

By: men.attracted.to.girls

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By: Hill Rat

Hill Rat — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:22:30 +0000

I notice you skipped over Jason Maloni's answer. If nothing else you should have this quote, ". . . the defining NFL feature has never been a bunch of pneumatic Barbie dolls preening for the camera." for a bit of balance.

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:46:59 +0000

@Amanda - The SF Giants will be having a drag queen sing the National Anthem at today's game, but I guess that's baseball. No cheerleading there.

By: notyrmama

notyrmama — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:42:00 +0000

When I attended the University of Wisconsin back in the Dark Ages, a fan known as the "Portage Plumber" (because he was from Portage, WI and worked as a plumber) dressed up in a UW women's pom squad outfit and followed the pom squad around the stadium, joining in their routines. While no one could call him a "sexy drag queen," the rest of the fans loved him and cheered wildly. Of course the pom squad hated him because he got so much more attention. Just sayin' that Anon might be selling NFL fans short.

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:49:18 +0000

Anon, I actually think that I might watch football if they did this. Except, I don't have a television, so nobody cares what I think.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:29:55 +0000

@Amanda Hess

That made me LOL!!!1!!!!1.

But seriously, the NFL will roll out drag queens when the NFL's audience starts enjoying dragqueens.

By: Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:34:54 +0000

Anon, I agree with you that it's totally fine for men and women to dress up sexily, and that men and women should be accepted in a variety of roles. When professional football teams usher in squads of sexy drag queens alongside their sexy female cheerleaders, we'll know that the NFL agrees with you.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:22:54 +0000

I'm going to recycle an old Dan Savage quote here (and mangle it).

Objectification is bad because it teaches men (and women) that women can only be treated in a binary way. They can either be sexy ladies or they can be ignored. That is bad.

However, that doesn't mean that an empowered lady can't be a sexy object lady SOMETIMES.

The key is that an empowered lady should be able to be treated in many ways. This is a short list of things that a lady should be able to be treated like:

1. a boss
2. a criminal
3. a lover
4. an employee
5. a coworker
6. a platonic friend
7. an expert
8. a student

The list goes on. The point is no one is saying that cheerleaders need to carry pom-poms around 7 days a week. Personally, I think it is totally fine for women to dress up sexily on the sidelines of football games, just as I think it is OK for men to dress up sexily as drag queens, for men to dance in hangar clubs, for women to pose nude in magazines, etc.

Stop dismissing the arguments of intelligent people just because you disagree. Your sarcastic summaries of their points were insulting.

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:21:23 +0000

What makes cheerleading inherently misogynistic? Or is it just NFL cheerleading? I mean, I'm guessing NFL teams probably don't have a lot of dude cheerleaders, but most high performing high school, college, and competitive squads do, and they're treated more like athletes then eye candy.

By: W

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:17:59 +0000

Lol...misogyny...hahahahahahaha.....

By: match

match — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:08:42 +0000

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