[Tango-L] Gender Imbalance

[Tango For Her]

Actually, I should clarify on the advertising.  I,
originally, ran the ad with a model in the picture.  I
called the newspaper to ask why I had such success and
she told me that women wanted to be like the model. 
(Don't shoot me!  SHE said it!)

Later, I ran another ad with the same words, but
without the model and there was a much smaller
response.

Anyway, I did notice that, in the first case, a lot of
wives called.

Again, the point of bringing this up in the first
place is to ask if anyone knows of ways to attract
more men to the dance.





--- Tango For Her <tangopeer at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I don't know of a solution to the problem of women
> sitting out for most of the night.  I am aware of it
> and try to accomodate.  But, I think leaders are
> selecting with such criteria as:
> 
> Followers with/to whom they:
> 
> - like to dance
> - are closer friends
> - study
> - teach
> - are attracted
> - can make them better if they dance with them
> - etc
> 
> Given a long list, everyone has a different agenda.
> 
> For example, I have seen leaders who rise to being
> one
> of the best dancers in the community and, in the
> process, they only dance with followers who can make
> them better.  I don't believe in finding good or bad
> in that.  It is what it is.  My point is that there
> are many reasons why leaders just don't dance with a
> large variety of followers.
> 
> I notice extremely good followers who, for one
> reason
> or another, sit a lot.  That always amazes me.  But,
> everyone is different, everyone has their lists, and
> it is what it is, I guess.
> 
> My question is, organizing your thoughts like this,
> is
> there any way to approach the problem?
> 
> A side note:  Does anyone know of any wording of ads
> that attract men to the dance?  I, once, ran an ad
> that read something like "Women can dance!  So, we
> teach the men to treat them right!".  My phone rang
> off the hook.  Guess who called!  Wives who wanted
> to
> bring their husbands!  Any ideas to attract more
> men?
> 
> 
> 
> --- rhink2 at netscape.net wrote:
> 
> > I recall the time (perhaps 12 years ago) in my
> area
> > (San Francisco) when there were no discernible
> > tandas.? I should say there were no cortinas.? At
> > that time most tangueros honored the
> multiple-dance
> > custom, but it was not based on any style of
> music.
> > 
> > Given the gender imbalance at many milongas in the
> > U.S., I'm beginning to think tanda-less milongas
> are
> > not so bad.? It seems far worse to have many
> people,
> > ususally ladies, who never get to dance the whole
> > evening.
> > 
> > In the swing dance community, the rule is 1 dance
> > and move on.? Even the custom of escorting one's
> > partner is sacrificed in order to maximize mixing.
> I
> > suspect this approach would never work in
> Argentina,
> > but in the U.S. it might help achieve the goal of
> > distributing the joy of tango more evenly.
> > 
> > Bob 
> > 
> > 
> >
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