Hello, everyone, I received a few private replies arguing that "rejection in tango is OK, just like anything else in life". To set things straight - just because it exists, it does not make it acceptable or OK.
Naomi Eisenberger, PhD, has done a lot of research in the area of social rejection. She used electroencephalogram (QEEG) scans to map the brain's response to rejection. Her research has shown that social rejection lights up the same parts of the brain as physical pain. He original work was her dissertation in 1996 and she has published extensively since then on this topic. If you have access to an academic online library, you should be able to access her publications fairly easily. Very elegant research. There is a reason why I am hooking into this subject for tango. There are ways to handle things without provoking the feelings of social rejection in people. There are also remedies to make things better should painful social interaction occur. We can't control what might trigger someone else, but we can avoid inflicting pain on others if we are aware of what, generally, might do that. Awareness is important. Best, Nina _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
