[Tango-L] The Jungle and Women's Tricky Tricks

[musette fan]

Thank you Ron.  As a woman who strongly believes in the civility created by the use
of the cabaceo, I was preparing quite the response to these issues, but you said it
much more succinctly!

Terri

--- Tango Society of Central Illinois <tango.society at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/4/07, Michael <tangomaniac at cavtel.net> wrote:
> >
> > On top of that, women sit together and spend so much time talking they
> > give the impression they would rather talk than dance. That's their
> > prerogative after all, milonga means gathering. It's just difficult to
> > figure out if they want to dance. Daniel Trenner once said it's rude to
> > intrude on a woman talking with her friends because it puts her on the spot
> > to decide to dance -- or abandon her friend(s) in mid-sentence.
> >
> > Michael
> > Washington, DC
> > I'd rather be dancing Argentine Tango
> 
> 
> 
> A lot of these problems would be lessened if the cabeceo were used more
> outside Buenos Aires.
> 
> This prevents men from being embarrassed about approaching a woman and being
> refused a dance.
> 
> It protects women from the social obligation of dancing with someone who
> asks you but with whom you do not want to dance.
> 
> It allows women to invite men to dance.
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <TangoSherwin at aol.com>
> > To: <bichonheels at gmail.com>
> > Cc: <tango-l at mit.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The Jungle and Women's Tricky Tricks
> >
> >
> > I think what turns many guys off is not the music but the too many women
> > who
> > think they are too beautiful or too good to dance with one of the plain
> > joes.
> > The worst ones are the ones that turn a guy down claiming they are resting
> > and
> > then instantly pop up and start dancing with a younger or better looking
> > guy.
> >
> >
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