Readers Say Culture Is The Problem, Not UO Cheerleader Dances
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Click to playTap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now Get the biggest daily news stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribingWe have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Cheerleaders at an American university have come under fire for their sexy dance routines that could 'encourage rape culture'. A trustee at the University of Oregon has raised concerns about sexually suggestive dance routines performed by the Oregon cheerleaders. Local television news station KGW in Portland reports that Ginevra Ralph, an alum and prominent Eugene arts administrator, raised the issue at a meeting of the board of trustees. She said the school should study how the choreographed routines of the cheer squad play a role in the implications of a perceived "rape culture" on campus. A university official claims the dances have made match-goers feel uncomfortable Ms Ralph wrote in a statement: The oversight could be done by Title IX deputies.