22 Sep
2011
22 Sep
'11
5:48 p.m.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 17:39, Clark Baker <cmbaker(a)tiac.net> wrote:
On Sep 22, 2011, at 1:07 PM, JoLaine Jones-Pokorney wrote:
Clark has a very good point here. Why anyone would want to willingly
be part of a hazing is beyond me.
Most likely this is being done because, in the long tradition of
fraternity initiation rituals, it's seen as a forced “gender
reversal”. This is not what it's about for most of our local male
contra dancers who wear skirts. Rather than creating a safe space
where it's okay to do what they want, it will more likely make
regulars at the dance uncomfortable.
The young folks are coming up with all kinds of
great ideas now. One guy is
in a fraternity and they are going to require their new pledges to come to a
contra dance in a skirt.
I think this is a really bad idea, should be discouraged, and am disappointed that others
haven't commented on it before me.