21 Jan
2013
21 Jan
'13
12:48 p.m.
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Dave Casserly
<david.j.casserly(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think that the
people who INSIST on only dancing one role and only dancing with people of
the opposite gender have an obligation, when there is a gender disparity,
to shoulder some of the burden of the imbalance that their preferences have
created by sitting a dance or two out rather than dancing every single
dance with somebody of the opposite gender. For those of us who enjoy
dancing with people of the same gender, it's not an issue; we can shoulder
some of the imbalance burden (which we did not help create,
Strictly speaking, if you're partnering same gender, and it's the
minority one (or only minority due to same gender partnering) then you
did help create the imbalance.
If someone insists on partnering with opposite gender, then it's
really irrelevant to the imbalance whether they stick to one role or
not.