Here, I think we're dealing with political correctness. It's a STATISTICAL ABERRATION for males to be cheerleaders just like it's a statistical aberration for women to be welders or heavy equipment operators or nightclub bouncers or a gentile to be a popular comedian in the Borscht belt.
But there are a few.
So does that mean that those people are WEIRD? No. But they are way out there on the probability curve.
'NORMAL' is such a loaded term because some people attach extremely negative connotations to NOT being normal. I think most people think, "If I vote to say it is NOT normal then I might be negatively affecting someone's self-esteem, and in these hardscrabble days of economic peril that's about all that some people have LEFT. So, seeing as how I'm such a kind and compassionate soul, I will say that it's normal."
The standard rejoinder to a male cheerleader being picked on is, of course, that the bullies are "unsure of their own sexuality". Another cliche rides to the rescue.
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Here, I think we're dealing with political correctness. It's a STATISTICAL ABERRATION for males to be cheerleaders just like it's a statistical aberration for women to be welders or heavy equipment operators or nightclub bouncers or a gentile to be a popular comedian in the Borscht belt.
But there are a few.
So does that mean that those people are WEIRD? No. But they are way out there on the probability curve.
'NORMAL' is such a loaded term because some people attach extremely negative connotations to NOT being normal. I think most people think, "If I vote to say it is NOT normal then I might be negatively affecting someone's self-esteem, and in these hardscrabble days of economic peril that's about all that some people have LEFT. So, seeing as how I'm such a kind and compassionate soul, I will say that it's normal."
The standard rejoinder to a male cheerleader being picked on is, of course, that the bullies are "unsure of their own sexuality". Another cliche rides to the rescue.