At the beginning it was and is OK now to dance men with men and woman
with woman in order to practice. What does not look good and is not OK is to do it in a * formal milonga *,
it should be done in a practica, (Special place to practice dancing and dancing steps).
Back in the 1940s we where practicing with other boys and the first thing we learned was to follow, but in the milongas we danced with girls. 
Elemer in Redmond
 
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--- Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Caroline says:  1 - "Isn't it true that at the
> beginning, when tango first 
> began, men were dancing with men before they became
> "learned" enough in 
> order to dance with a woman?
> 
> 2 - Why couldn't that be the case for women? Why
> wouldn't a woman want to 
> learn to lead so she would learn to become an even
> better follower?
> 
> 3 - What's wrong with wanting to learn more about
> tango from your partner's 
> perspective? I mean, really, what's going to happen
> if a woman learns to 
> lead? Will the world of tango fall off its axis?
> 
> Caroline