Cheerleading Stereotypes

Stereotyping is so common in our society that when you meet someone for the first time you are often stereotyped before you even reach, “hello”. The way people perceive us can have a profound effect on how we see ourselves.

In recent years, prejudgment is something I’ve experienced first-handedly. Even my big brother, the star football player in his high school years, teases me to this day. Granted that, there will be some people who you’ll never be able to change their way of thinking. As a result, I have learned to educate people when an opportunity arises to explain what my life; my sport, is all about. Now, I just smile and say, “Brennon, you throw a ball, I throw a human!” That seems to do the trick!

. That’s okay! As long as they respect your opinion and, in turn, you respect them for theirs. Everybody is guilty of it, and everybody has been subjected to it sometime in his or her life. It is easier to put a label on someone and place them in a niche we feel they fit in, rather than to get to know them as a person. They workout, they lift weights, they sweat, the get injured, they practice and they perform.