'Rah' squared: Cheerleaders urge girls toward science

Fighting the stereotypes isn't easy.

(Credit: Science Cheerleaders/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)

One of the more unspoken thoughts about why girls don't want to become scientists is that science is less interesting than scientists would have you believe.

But here are some girl scientists who clearly believe the opposite and may leave you unable to speak.

For these are the Science Cheerleaders. They are crusaders for the cause of getting more little girls to love science.

Yes, they wear short skirts and carry pom-poms. But these are engineers and dentists who want to find any way possible to get you to pay attention.

I am grateful to Jezebel for locating evidence of these women, who dance like everyone's watching.

You might wonder how it is that they seem so at ease with the cheerleading malarkey. Well, they are all former NFL and NBA cheerleaders who had to lower their standards and became scientists of one sort or another.

There's Allison, who had to slum it with biology and chemistry degrees after cheerleading for the intellectual fans of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Allison wants to let girls know that "you've don't have to deal with the stereotypes."

There's also Wendy, who used to dance for t... [Read more]