On Thu, Jan 21, 2016, Read Weaver via Callers wrote:
 
 I expect at the time you made the change from "ladies" to "women,"
 very few men would have considered dancing with another man, and
 those who did would have faced confusion at best, and hostility from
 some--I speak from my own experience. As that has changed, so has the
 language. Sorry if you think that's something to sigh about. 
The vast majority of my contra experience has been in the SF area, but
I've been gender-swapping for a quarter-century and have never received
any hostility.
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