Question by The Computer Nerd: Why is it when girls join the cheerleading squad, they become cocky & snobby?
I know this doesn’t apply to all chearleaders, cause I have met a few that are actually nice. But that number is so small compared to the amount of mean, cocky, shallow, preppy cheerleaders I have met or known.
I remember in high school, a real nice girl in my honors history class joined the cheerleading squad & it seemed to change her personality from a nice gal to cold-hearted b***tch (forgive my language). I call this the “cheerleading effect.” I never did like cheerleaders, they were always mean to me for no apparent reason.
Best answer:
Answer by CaptainGSpot
Girls are supposed to be in the kitchen, making sandwiches. Not cheerleading.
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cheerleading builds confidence and they have the squad and school backing them , it kinds freaks out the people who are not in that stuff at school , like some people are just trying to learn.
I was a cheerleader but I didn’t act like that but other girls on the squad did. They felt like they were better than everyone else and they were kind of mean to me because I didn’t act the same way. I kept my same friends and they wanted to be my only friends, but I had these friends before I joined the squad u know? It’s an us and them kind of thing. If you’re not one of us, you’re one of them and are less than in there eyes.
I don’t think it’s being a “cheerleader”. They were probably mean, cocky and snobby to start with and just needed a position of “stature” or “authority” to let them act as they really are deep inside. Same with some athletes, politicians or cops. The “job” doesn’t make them jerks… the job only gives the inner jerk the opportunity to emerge (not all… just the few jerks that give the others a bad name).
In most cases, mommy & daddy might have helped that along. lol
I think cheerleaders get that reputation because they tend to hang out with other cheerleaders. But that’s not because they think they’re better than everyone else. It’s because they spend a lot of time together in cheer, so they become friends. Just like the girls on the basketball team tend to become friends and hang out together; and the drill team girls, and the people in band, choir or the robotics club. Its natural to become friends with the people we spend a lot of time with and who share a common interest.
Cheerleaders just get a bad rap because (1) They’re in the spotlight at games and pep rallies, and that makes some people jealous, and (2) TV and movies keep propagating the stupid stereotype of cheerleaders being mean and snobby, and some people are shallow enough to believe that everything they see on TV is true.
well i like to think i’m still a nice person. but i don’t think i’m one to judge that. i started cheerleading when i moved schools so i made heaps of new friends, none of my old friends thought i’d changed and none of my new friends (who aren’t cheerleaders) think i’m a snob…