San Diego City Beat: A chronicle “I hate cheerleaders” written by Edwin Becker published on April 28, 2004. The author expresses a certain hatred against cheerleading and thinks that cheerleading is not a sport for girls. He further explains why he has this rage about them, first of all, he was not able to date them in high school more likely there was no chance and second of all, he hated the whole cheerleading premise. Why? Because he was told to go “woo woo” when he was not in the mood for it. He also could not stand their way of speaking, kicking and how they would talk during practices like for example “Rah rah sis boom bay!”. To begin with Becker’s text was amusing, however, his opinions were irrelevant and let me tell you why. As I