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: 150 [ Forum ]  [ New messages ] Name (register):  Password registered user:  Email address (optional):  Subject:  Text formatting:                     [i]Tom makes a very good point. Boys who take ballet may not only be subject to verbal violence, but may be subject to physical violence. I can understand if you, as a parent, think this is too much of a risk for your son.<p>However, I believe this is no reason for your son to not experience ballet; it's another thing he should be aware of. He should be told how to react if this occurs.<p>I was never threatened physically because of my ballet interests, but would have fought to the death if I was. Verbally, I was assaulted constantly. My brother and his friends called me balletboy. I, in turn, wrote "balletboy" on my t-shirts and told everyone I loved the nick-name balletboy. I survived.<p>I hope that you decide to have your son take both ballet and martial arts. But if you decide otherwise, I would respect your decision as a parent.<p>balletboy<p><br><br><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]