On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Roger Patrick <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi, > > > If someone acts inappropriately on or off the dance-floor according > to the opinion of a dancer, she/he has reason to choose not to dance > with the person anymore. No-one claims everyone should have a "right" > to get dances, and people shall be free to decide with whom they want > to dance with. ------ If someone acts inappropriately on or off the dance-floor according to the opinion of a dancer, she/he has reason to choose not to dance with the person anymore. No-one claims everyone should have a "right" to get dances, and people shall be free to decide with whom they want to dance with. ----- this bit struck a chord. A female friend retold me a story recently: she was talking to a man who was apparently showing a fair bit of arrogance about his ability to get dances. her response to him was 'as a female, it's best not to put a man offside' which brings home the point of supply and demand, and the gender imbalance in tango. Women will put up with a fair bit in order to get a dance, whether that be arrogance or mediocrity or sleaze...(and this is something that I have witnessed both in Australia and in BsAs) -- Yours in dance dementia, Niki ( http://tangotrails.blogspot.com ) _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
