the male dancer all you need for ballet & dance for beginners & advanced register for free now !  de - en - es - nl tribute for all women Users online: 149 [ Forum ]  [ New messages ] Name (register):  Password registered user:  Email address (optional):  Subject:  Text formatting:                     [i]>And most kids would accept it.<p>This topic has come up recently on alt.arts.ballet, & the consensus<br>there is that one may still be physically attacked if it's known<br>that you do ballet. Eddie Villella used to get, & give, black eyes<br>& bloody noses when he was a boy, & the situation hasn't changed<br>greatly in the last half-century. Adolescent boys can be very <br>insecure sexually, & they are likely to vent this insecurity on<br>anyone they perceive as insufficiently masculine. Not nice, but<br>unfortunately still all too prevalent.<p>Ballet plus martial arts would be artistically good & good for<br>purposes of self-defense as well. I'd go for it.<p>Tom Parsons<br><ul><li><a href="http://www.panix.com/~twp" target=_top>Tom's Page</a></ul><br>[/i] URL of own homepage (optional):  Name of homepage (without the homepage will not show!):  URL of a picture (optional):       Tags for smilies [neener]   [lurk]   [fire]   [grmpf-blue]   [grmpf-red]   [grmpf]   [brood-blue]   [brood-lilac]   [brood-red]   [brood]   [heart-pink]   [heart]   [kiss]   [normal]   [oh-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [oh]   [acidic-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [acidic]   [smile-orange]   [smile]   [pointed]   [updown]   [twinkle]