Re: [Callers] women's experiences

I am curious - is this seen more often in women than it is in men playing the role of the woman?  I've been the woman a number of times in dances, and I do see the pushiness of some males - twirling me when I don't want to be twirled, even being subject to a (small) dip one time.  Generally though (at least in my home communities) I'm not subject to this.  It also doesn't SEEM like women are resigned to pushy males - most ladies I see seem to enjoy their twirls and dips - but that could be due to the segregation of lines that has occurred, at least at Glen Echo.  Perry ________________________________ From: Ron T Blechner <contraron(a)gmail.com> To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Sent: Monday, January 7, 2013 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [Callers] women's experiences I've been having conversations with a lot of my female friends in the dance community over the past 6 months over their experiences as women. I won't make a lengthy itemization of what I've found, because I think it's something every caller should do for themself, however, the one thought I'd share is the one I find most disappointing: - Women have expressed that they put up with far more crap from pushy males than I personally would put up with had the situation be reversed; there is a far more prevalent sense of resignation of "that's just how things are / it's not so bad" than I had believed. in dance, Ron On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Aahz Maruch <aahz(a)pobox.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers