By "crap" I was referring to more than just merely being twirled / dipped when they didn't want it.
What segregation of lines happens at Glen Echo? -Ron On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Perry Shafran <[email protected]> wrote: > I am curious - is this seen more often in women than it is in men playing > the role of the woman? I've been the woman a number of times in dances, > and I do see the pushiness of some males - twirling me when I don't want to > be twirled, even being subject to a (small) dip one time. Generally though > (at least in my home communities) I'm not subject to this. It also doesn't > SEEM like women are resigned to pushy males - most ladies I see seem to > enjoy their twirls and dips - but that could be due to the segregation of > lines that has occurred, at least at Glen Echo. > > Perry > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Ron T Blechner <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 7, 2013 8:45 AM > Subject: Re: [Callers] women's experiences > > I've been having conversations with a lot of my female friends in the dance > community over the past 6 months over their experiences as women. I won't > make a lengthy itemization of what I've found, because I think it's > something every caller should do for themself, however, the one thought I'd > share is the one I find most disappointing: > - Women have expressed that they put up with far more crap from pushy males > than I personally would put up with had the situation be reversed; there is > a far more prevalent sense of resignation of "that's just how things are / > it's not so bad" than I had believed. > > in dance, > Ron > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 06, 2013, Tom Hinds wrote: > > > > > > I haven't been following this topic of lead/follow at all but Bree's > > > statement really caught my eye. I'm very curious to know what it's > > > like to dance as a women with men who have a wide range of skills > > > and personalities. > > > > > > I should set aside an evening and dance disguised as a women to > > > really understand what the experience is like. > > > > Unless you have experience cross-dressing (i.e. can successfully > > disguise yourself), your experience will almost certainly be somewhat > > different from a woman's. I definitely get treated somewhat differently > > by men. > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
