Where Are The Boys?

Mackenzie Potts

For many years now, Redwood has been hosting the homecoming for our school during football season.

In the fall, all clubs nominate a homecoming queen to represent their club. Seniors then vote to narrow down the group of senior girls to the top 5. From there, the top 5 play in games and compete throughout the week in various lunchtime activities and weekly dress up days.

The queen is then voted on by the whole student body on Friday before the game that night.

Although homecoming is meant for girls, Redwood also has a spring homecoming event for boys at Redwood called Mr. Ranger.

Redwood has had these events as a long tradition but in society today, many call homecoming sexist to some people. Homecoming is one of the most sexist school stereotypes.

Braydin Brandenburg, ‘21, disagreed that “…homecoming isn’t sexist, but I do think homecoming will change in later years due to society changes.”

Some Homecoming traditions offer objective views of women, double standard.

Our homecoming has no male subjects announced or competing for homecoming king. The queens have escorts but the girls are the ones competing in the week competitions for the votes of their fellow peers.