Is it wrong to dress like cheerleaders

amother

Azure

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 7:14 am

I live in Lakewood and
my girls want the boys to dress up as baseball players
and the girls want to be cheerleaders.
My husband doesn't think it is ok for the girls to be cheerleaders.
Is there really anything wrong with them being cheerleaders?
of course they will dress tzinus

esther09

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 7:24 am

The only reason it wouldn't be OK is if your DH s-xualizes cheerleaders... That's something you need to take up with him.

Or maybe I should give him the benefit of the doubt and he had the thought as me "why can't the girls be baseball players too?? Why is their only role to cheer on the boys?" Maybe your husband is a closet feminist!

animeme

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 7:28 am

The reasoning would be that the purpose of cheerleaders is to jump and dance in front of crowds (and yes, for major league games, to be gawked at), and we don't support that. This logic would also rule out Spanish dancers, etc.

Nicole

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 7:28 am

That's funny. My girls also wanted to be cheerleaders and my dh also mixed it. And were not particularly yeshivish... 😄But they found something else to dress as.

amother

Seashell

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 8:38 am

We did it one year. It was fine. We live in a chossidish community. Someone would have said something to me if there was an issue.

Notsobusy

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 8:41 am

esther09 wrote:

Please, blame it on her husband Rolling Eyes

Cheerleaders, especially those of major league teams, are usually very sexualized. Their outfits (and moves) are carefully chosen. It's not like it was hot out so they put on their skimpiest clothing.

L K

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 9:05 am

Def not ok, given their original lack of dress, moves etc.
Let's ask this: "Is it ok for girls to dress up h..ker style? Of course, they would be dressed "tzniyus"

To the chassidishe poster, can I guess that a lot of or all the people in insulated communities may have had no idea what those costumes alluded to?

Scrabble123

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 9:33 am

L K wrote:

Comparing a cheerleader to a hooker is an inappropriate comparison, both with regards to reality as well as to how a costume would look.

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Tue, Mar 01 2016, 9:34 am

I assume that anyone dressing a child as a cheerleader is thinking in terms of the "traditional" cheerleader look: pleated skirt, pullover sweater, saddle shoes. Not s*xy at all.

cnc

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 9:47 am

I've seen it when I was a kid and didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but as a parent I'm not sure I would dress my daughter as one.

Notsobusy

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 9:51 am

cm wrote:

I assume that anyone dressing a child as a cheerleader is thinking in terms of the "traditional" cheerleader look: pleated skirt, pullover sweater, saddle shoes. Not s*xy at all.

That's what I would think too. And I've seen girls in Lakewood dress up like that. Usually with pigtails and pom poms. I wouldn't have a problem with my girls dressing up like that.

But I could see why op's husband would hear "cheerleaders" and think "s*xy*.

spring13

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 10:00 am

I would totally do it, but if it makes your DH uncomfortable then maybe it's better to find something else. Have the girls be ballplayers too!

FranticFrummie

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 11:26 am

I can see both sides of the argument. I think a 50's style cheerleader would be adorable and perfectly acceptable.

Girls who play baseball typically do not wear skirts, so it can make the costume awkward.

Sadie

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 11:28 am

FranticFrummie wrote:

They could go as the characters from "a league of their own"

amother

Purple

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 11:29 am

funny. I was just talking to a teacher who teaches in a by and she said her kids are being cheerleaders and she wanted to know if it was bad.
I personally dont think its the best costume

Blessing1

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 11:36 am

Toys 4 u sells an adorable cheerleader costume, don't see anything wrong with it.

Iymnok

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 11:39 am

animeme wrote:

My daughter will be a Mexican dancer. Their traditional clothing is quite tznius.

fiji

Tue, Mar 01 2016, 11:52 am

I wouldnt say "theres something wrong with it"...but I wouldnt do it. Its a sensitivity and if u are living in lakewood or any other "in town" area, it is nice and mentchlich to respect others sensitivities.