[Tango-L] Social-ethical behaviors and protocols

[Niki Papapetrou]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Roger Patrick <rougerpatrick at gmail.com>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.


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 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

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