Male Cheerleaders?

[badgervike]

Wow, that's way back to the first 20 years of Viking football!  Good catch Badger!  Gotta cheer for winners, our Parkettes won the first battle of the NFL cheerleaders in 1979!  Rock on girls, err women!  

Also from 1979..the first male cheerleader...

Yep...Robin Williams...

Robin Williams joined the cheerleading squad for a live game at Mile High Stadium in front of over 70,000 fans on November 11, 1979. The Denver Broncos defeated the New England Patriots 45-10.
Robin dressed as Mork from Ork from the popular TV show "Mork and Mindy," which was filmed and based in Boulder, Colorado. He was dressed as a cheerleader, complete with white knee-high cowboy boots, a sequined mini skirt and top, an orange scarf, and gloves. Robin Williams holds the distinction of being the NFL's first male cheerleader.

[JR44]

Male cheerleaders have been around for years. If someone told me the Vikings already had some or were going to add some, I wouldn't be phased.

I admit that I definitely am not going to step away from the TV if a group of attractive female cheerleaders come on the screen, however in looking at it from a more objective level, is it a practice that is sexist and outdated? I did not want my daughters going out for cheerleading. I had always told them to be the ones on the field that others were cheering for. They both went on to do extremely well in sports and I was their biggest male cheerleader.

[MyIdaho]

Badger, loved the story and images of Robin Williams as cheerleader! Such an excellent comedian with perfect time. Gone too soon!

Can you tell me how to reply to a post and include the text but not the images? Thanks!