Steve Duin: Former cheerleaders put the s-e-x in SEO

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When "The Today Show" first interviewed Sarah Jones in 2012 about allegations that she'd had sex with a 17-year-old student at at Kentucky high school, the reporter eventually conceded she was a "popular school teacher."

But the headline writer put first things first: "Former cheerleader accused of sexual abuse speaks."

When Fox News highlighted the adventures of Maureen McDonnell in February -- "Friends say former cheerleader's enthusiasm, passion at heart of Virginia's gift-giving scandal" -- her dramatic affair with the pom-poms was the crowd pleaser, not her marriage to former Gov. Bob McDonnell.

And when former prostitute and former stripper Julia Haner was indicted in federal court in April, most of the excitement was generated by her elite status as a "former cheerleader" at Lake Oswego High.

Does anyone mention this to those aspiring physicians and civil engineers at cheerleading tryouts? "If you make the team, nothing you ever do will replace this at the top of your resume."

Rest of the article:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf/2014/07/steve_duin_former_cheerleaders.html

An article in my local paper. I thought it was interesting, and it's definitely something that I've seen before. Same goes for women throughout society, though, and on a broader scale than just sexualized jobs. I mean, look at Hillary Clinton and her being questioned about being a grandmother and a president at the same time. It seems that anything to do with being female always takes precedence over accomplishments and actions as far as some people are concerned.

[intaglio]

1. Funny how Dubya was never characterised that way

you know, "Former cheerleader runs for Presidency," or "Former cheerleader ignores advice on terrorism," or even "Former cheerleader's best pall shoots man in face,"

It's almost as if only women can be belittled by referening a leisure time activity undertaken at college.

[Squinch]

3. Very good point.

[IronLionZion]

4. I told every Repub I could that W was a male cheerleader

they usually decline to comment, but I did have one who actually met the guy on the campaign trail say he has a weak handshake.

There have been pieces in TIME and other notable publications that includes pics of W in his cheerleading uniform and megaphone. Some pundit claimed that actually helped his political career with the speeches and crowds.

[JoeyT]

2. For guys it's "Former football player".

I think it says something really sad about people that it matters to twenty or thirty years later that someone was a cheerleader or a football player. It's kind of a "Hey, y'all aren't in high school anymore. Let it go."

[mercuryblues]

5. this one

http://www.salon.com/2013/04/01/ground_breaking_female_rocket_scientist_sure_could_cook/

Easiest quiz you’ll take today: Let’s say an eminent scientist and inventor, an individual who worked on the first American satellite designs, dies after a long and distinguished career. Why would the first thing mentioned in the New York Times obituary be in praise of said scientist’s cooking skills? Did you say, because the scientist was a woman? You win! And by “win,” I mean, get to bang your head against your desk in a slow and methodical manner until the rage subsides.

When Yvonne Brill, who died last week at age 88, was remembered in the New York Times over the weekend, the first paragraph of her obituary described her as a woman who “made a mean beef stroganoff, followed her husband from job to job and took eight years off from work to raise three children. She was also, according to her son Matthew, ‘The world’s best mom.’” It was only in the second graph that the paper of record got around to mentioning that stroganoff champ, husband follower and awesome mom Brill also “invented a propulsion system to help keep communications satellites from slipping out of their orbits.” Oh, that too.

also makes it obvious.