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In reply to the discussion: High School’s Bold Decision to Outlaw School Dances [View all]LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I have never once said to ban the dances. I said that they had a good plan which was the open forum discussions so they could find a way to return the dances. It gave a way for the children and adults to all have a voice. You remember democracy.
If you like I could list the 82 trillion different types of dances out there and we could list the hypothetical out comes of each of those including your 2-inch scenarios so we could guess if any child may or may not feel uncomfortable. But here's the thing- at no time was any other dance listed other than twerking and dances of sexual nature. That's all we are talking about in the article. And we are not talking about adults feeling uncomfortable but children, many children in fact was mentioned as complaining as feeling uncomfortable
The kids talked about feeling uncomfortable - I see that as being one of two things - they are kids and still feel weird around sex, I know I was when I was still 14-15 years old. So watching people basically grinding sexually on the dance floor - that can be really awkward. But uncomfortable could also be that a boy was inappropriate to a girl (or girls) on the dance floor while dancing - that is a very serious problem but I will cede to the fact that I could be reading more into the article then what is there like your 2-inch dancing/same-sex couples.
When it comes to adults - HELL NO. When it comes to children and ESPECIALLY since we do not know exactly why the children felt uncomfortable then hell yes especially when the only dances defined in the article were dances listed as sexual in nature. They are kids and they have a right to go to a dance and act like kids and I for one hope that the open forum is a way that they can solve the problem.
As for the dirty dancers - that's what parent's basements are for. I did the bump and grind as an older kid but I did it in the basement of someone's house, not at the school dance.