Homophobia should not be an issue callers have to address directly. For the record, I should state that for me, personally, homophobia has NEVER been an issue. In fact, many of my closest friends are homophobic.
(smile) - Greg McKenzie **************** On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 6:40 AM, Dave Casserly <david.j.casse...@gmail.com>wrote: > Jeff said: > > I'm confused: where did "hate crimes" come into this? As far as I can > tell the disagreement is over: > > 1. Do many male dancers prefer not to interact in semi-intimate ways? > 2. Is that mainly because of homophobia? > 3. If so, should the caller ignore this dancer preference when programming? > > Dave seems to accept all three. I think (1) and (2) are true, but I'm > not sure (3) works. I read John and Colin as accepting (1), and > rejecting (2) and (3). > > Jeff > > I think Jeff's summary is a good one. Except, I'd point out that we're > talking only about same-gender swings here, not preference of who you > choose to dance with as your partner. > > I'm not sure this discussion is a great place to explore why some of us > (myself, apparently Jeff and Maia, at least) think (2) is a resounding > "yes," and others (Colin, John, Mac) disagree. Not sure that really has a > whole lot to do with dancing or calling. The reason I brought the subject > up in the first place was to get at what Jeff describes as (3), which is > really a calling issue. I believe that there are certain things that a > caller should not let influence his or her calling, and homophobia is one > of them, whether that's the dancers' homophobia or others'. But since we > don't agree on what constitutes homophobia, this does not seem to be the > right context to have a productive discussion of to what extent callers > should attempt to reflect the dancers' values in their calling. > > -Dave > > -- > David Casserly > (cell) 781 258-2761 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
