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."

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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.