Comments on: Aggie Women Scale New Heights http://www.ipatrix.com/2485/aggies-women-basketball/ Crossing Borders Crossing Cultures Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:20:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrixhttp://www.ipatrix.com/2485/aggies-women-basketball/#comment-13528 Patrix Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:41:11 +0000 http://www.ipatrix.com/?p=2485#comment-13528 <strong>Amit</strong>, that anecdote was specifically about Texas A&M basketball. We still don't have cheerleaders in football. It is not a Texas thing otherwise none of the high schools would have them either. Amit, that anecdote was specifically about Texas A&M basketball. We still don’t have cheerleaders in football. It is not a Texas thing otherwise none of the high schools would have them either.

]]> By: Amithttp://www.ipatrix.com/2485/aggies-women-basketball/#comment-13526 Amit Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:38:35 +0000 http://www.ipatrix.com/?p=2485#comment-13526 <blockquote>When a female dance team was introduced in recent years at basketball games, some women in the stands covered their eyes with their programs, said King, the deputy athletic director.“They thought it was indecent to have those young girls with their midriffs showing,” King said. Then she laughed. “The men watched.”</blockquote> Not just women, there are some vocal men protesting against the cheerleaders (and their micro-mini dresses) during basketball games. Boston Globe had an article on it a while ago, and there were some interesting responses in letters to the editor.

When a female dance team was introduced in recent years at basketball games, some women in the stands covered their eyes with their programs, said King, the deputy athletic director.“They thought it was indecent to have those young girls with their midriffs showing,” King said. Then she laughed. “The men watched.”

Not just women, there are some vocal men protesting against the cheerleaders (and their micro-mini dresses) during basketball games. Boston Globe had an article on it a while ago, and there were some interesting responses in letters to the editor.

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