Cheerleader strippers?

24 comments

• samsung1

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  15 years ago

  I agree with Vivienne that cheerleading does not have a lot of narcissism...maybe the head cheerleader has some but that is expected in most leadership positions.
• DoctorDarby

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  15 years ago

  With all due respect to Vivienne (welcome to the board by the way!) I think cheerleading is more than "just a sport like football" to many of those who participate (gymnastics is somewhere in between: very rigorous and athletic but with skimpy outfits; floor exercises can be sexy; vaulting and uneven bars not so much). I do agree, however, that cheerleading is less narcissistic and perhaps more exhibitionistic at its core, although the two are often connected. It takes a fair amount of self-confidence to put yourself out there in a skimpy outfit and perform a variety of stunts, which both dancers and cheerleaders (and gymnasts?) do. Girls join cheerleading to acquire or build self-confidence; strippers do the same on one level or another. The big difference is that in most schools, cheerleaders are members of the elite social group rather than outsiders. Dancers, particularly in conservative places like the midwest, are seen as part of a social fringe that many disapprove of (working at Hooters falls somewhere in between). If most cheerleaders fulfill their destinies as elites by going to college, marrying well, or getting careers, then they won't end up working in strip clubs unless they really crave the attention. The few former cheerleaders I have encountered are often the ones for whom the success-train jumped the track via early pregnancy, bad marriages, substance abuse issues, and other unfullfilled goals. But in either case, the need to be seen and appreciated is still there and the joy of performing pops out when they are on stage.
• jablake

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  15 years ago

  "some strippers I know did not even go to high school, and some only a year or two..." Ah, the fortunate ones . . . who consequently may receive eupsychics; I'm assuming home schooled sans religion or autodidact.
• Vivienne

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  15 years ago

  I am a dancer and I was a cheerleader for 5 years in high school and jr. high. I also was a semi-pro cheerleader for a couple years back home. I do not feel that cheerleading requires any sort of narcissism as it is a sport just like football or gymnastics. Dancing can run the gamut of personalities--the narcissistic types to the incredibly insecure and need reassurance and acceptance types. Then you have the "I'm not too bad looking, love to dance, and really need the money because I lost my job" types. I consider myself one of those dancers. But in my experience, most girls that are dancers were not cheerleaders.
• gatorfan

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  15 years ago

  Yes they have cheerleaders in brazil, I think we'd call 'em Fluffers.
• bornloser

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  15 years ago

  It seems that the ones with the cute and bubbly personality tell me they were cheerleaders. It seems that the fake, predator types were not-more like the HS dropout type.
• steve229

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  15 years ago

  gatorfan, Do they even have cheerleaders in Brazil?
• gatorfan

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  15 years ago

  I've never asked if they ever were a cheerleader. I haven't met one who ever mentioned it before.
• samsung1

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  15 years ago

  some strippers I know did not even go to high school, and some only a year or two...
• chandler

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  15 years ago

  BaddJack: Gymnastics calls for keeping mistakes to a minimum. Most girls become strippers because they made some mistakes (and not just on the uneven bars).
• BaddJack

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  15 years ago

  I think that there is a correlation. Both leading cheers in high school and stripping requires a large dose of narcissism. They love dudes looking at and lusting after them. So, I fall on the side of believing that ones that claim that they were cheerleaders. You don't seem to find many gymnasts, and that is a damn shame.
• gk

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  15 years ago

  Yes, I've run into dancers who had been cheerleaders--or so they said. You can almost tell the type. Very spirited, toned etc. However, not the norm. Most dancers seem to have come through other experiences in high school.
• jablake

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  15 years ago

  I got to see pics of her when she looked very young in her cheerleader outfit. The other young cheerleaders looked familiar as well. ;) Hell, over at Angels it might have been more than half the squad dancing at one time or another. ;)
• 59

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  15 years ago

  It's not something that comes up in our conversations typically. High school is in the distant past for me, I'm not really interested in their high school exploits. That being said one of my current faves says she was a high school cheerleader. A former fave was on the track and field team (sprinter and shot put). I'm sure there are others but it hasn't come up. High school chearleader uniforms don't do it for me, I wouldn't be interested in seeing a girl wear one. Some of those NFL cheerleader uniforms, now that's a different story!
• chandler

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  15 years ago

  If every stripper who said she had been a cheerleader was telling the truth, there wouldn't have been room on the squad for any girls who went on to a normal life. I believe that some of them are only telling customers what they want to hear. It seems like every time I've asked a stripper who looked the part whether she had been a cheerleader, her answer has been yes.
• steve229

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  15 years ago

  If I like a dancer's style, I'll compliment her and ask if she's had dancer training (a fair number turn out to have taken dance lessons growing up) and that’s usually when they talk about having been a cheerleader, on the dance team, etc. I always ask if they still have their cheerleader uniform at home, and suggest they wear it at the club sometime. One girl told me she was on her school's step dance team, if you know what that is. Now when I go to tip her on stage she will do a few step dance moves, kinda of an inside joke between us.
• samsung1

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  15 years ago

  One of my favorite porn dvds is Cheerleaders (by Digital Playground). They have an all girl scene in the locker room. Fucking quarterback scene, fucking coach/teacher scene, etc. [view link]
• samsung1

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  15 years ago

  I did meet a girl at Kahoot's wearing a hooter's outfit. She did not last very long at the club though. I have met a few cheerleaders, even one who claimed to work for the Cincinnati Bengals and drives 2 hours to Kahoot's (in Columbus).
• txtittyfan

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  15 years ago

  I thought my last SC visit had a lot of dancers from the Gator Girls Calendar. LOL
• mmdv26

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  15 years ago

  Many got a kid instead of a diploma. A few were cheerleaders or athletes. No homecoming/prom queens.
• shadowcat

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  15 years ago

  There once were two girls at my favorite club that worked at a local "Hooters". They always danced on stage together in their hooters garb. Shekitout knows who I am referring to. They have since departed.
• jablake

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  15 years ago

  Gambling dancer was a cheerleader. She was a very popular girl. The school fortunately or unfortunately just passed her thru the grades regardless of merit. Surprisingly, ime, for a girl that was so popular and hot she didn't have an attitude.
• DandyDan

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  15 years ago

  One of the two ladies I work with who used to be dancers was also a cheerleader in high school. I also had a favorite once who was one and who used to dress up as one as part of her stage act. I wouldn't know otherwise whether there are more because it's just not natural to ask whether they were cheerleaders in high school, although if there were, its not surprising. I've actually known more who were athletes rather than cheerleaders.
• potheadpl

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  15 years ago

  No. Most of the dancers I talk to were partiers and poor in high school.