The Cheerleaders

All of my life I aspired to be a cheerleader! I've danced for five years, which gives me a bit of experience, so I decided to try out! Tryout week came upon us quicker than I thought it would and boy was I nervous. We were required to learn a cheer,chant, and a dance. Anytime you saw me I’d probably be going through that routine, it was ALL I did! 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8… hit, hit, clap,move, was constantly running through my mind. 3:15pm, Friday came and I was sick to my stomach! Group 5 was called in……

Method Participants In the following experiment Alex Amaya, and I conducted in order to determine if the cheerleader effect is still present in opposite-sex groups, we gather XX number of females, and YY number of males. The ages of the individuals which were chosen by asking random people on social media sites if they would like to voluntarily take a survey for our psychology methods and research class project ranged from xx age to yy age. Each of the participants were given a link via email,…

all the practices and games, cheerleaders can benefit from many things by being a cheerleader. Cheerleading helps gain flexibility and strength throughout the body. Doing jumps increases bone strength and density. It is said by scientists that you can actually prevent Osteoarthritis by doing jumps. Cheerleaders are usually able to take deeper breaths than most people because deep breathing is what supports a cheerleader’s yelling and chanting. When you are a cheerleader, you are highly…

As both a male cheerleader and performer, being ostracized is not rare. Overcoming this feeling has helped me realize that cheerleading and musical performances are significant aspects of my identity, as well as some of my best memories of high school. Standing in the exquisite balcony of Carnegie Hall, the rotunda of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Museum, or the wings of a stage in Hershey Park could never prepare me for the rejection I routinely felt throughout high school. Being a male…

Cheerleaders are despicable. They are utterly malevolent. At least that is how they are commonly portrayed in the media. The cheerleading trope is an exceptionally popular occurrence that is seen time and time again throughout pop culture and popular media in the form of films, television shows, books, music, and even video games. The cheerleader trope is frequently portrayed by a single girl or a group of girls who are a part of a cheerleading squad. In most of the popular movies and television…

teased, watching as her best friend kept staring at the cheerleader from across the study hall they shared with her. “What? No. Of course not..” Riley stuttered out, “Why do you think she has a crush on me?” Riley hoped she was the only one that detected the desperation in her voice. Maya shrugged before scribbling down something on her notebook paper. She waited for Fledge to turn his back before throwing paper ball onto the cheerleaders table. “Maya, no!” Riley whispered harshly, it was too…

Paisley’s mom had suggested it. She was a cheerleader throughout her whole life and coached for many…

A cheerleader is a person who leads spectators in traditional or formal cheering, especially at a pep rally or athletic event. That might be the formal definition of a cheerleader but what is a cheerleader to society? Cheerleaders are stereotyped in many ways, and most of the ways have a negative light. I can honestly say by being a cheerleader more relationships have been created for me, and I have been created into a more friendly person with a lot of character. I am like other people…

social construct of heteronormative. Since the advent of queer film, many people are expressing themselves openly, creating a new norm. The movie ‘But I’m a cheerleader,’ is about a teenage girl, named Megan. It is about discovering her own sexuality, because she fits into the norm of femininity. She was like an ‘all-American girl’, also a cheerleader, so she never…

Encoding Makes Individuals in A Group Seem More Attractive In a recent study, psychologists Drew Walker and Edward Vul wanted to test the validity of the hypothesized “cheerleader effect”, a phenomena arguing that a person is likely to be perceived more attractive while in a group as opposed to when he or she is seen alone. The “cheerleader effect” proposes that individual faces will seem more attractive in a group because the individual face will appear more similar to the average group face…