"And I wish 'you people' wouldn't give societ the reason it has for doing that".  What do you mean "you people"????  I never said "I" had the fetish, I simply stated that "I" had to go through the jeering at an early age.

>>The fact is, as long as our culture punishes men for wearing tights and leotards even for something legitimate like Ballet, it will continue to produce men with fetishes toward such clothing.>And as long as ballet is the home to fetishists, exhibitionists, and sexual rollers our culture will continue punish men for wearing tights.

Ballet is the home to fetishists, exhibitionists, and sexual rollers?  Take a look around you, pal!  They're everywhere!  In churches, schools, locker rooms, etc..  But you don't have to deal with them if you don't want to!  Do you want to?>You're the one who should give it a rest.  Because it is your inability to distinguish sexual fanticization from art that gives society the stereotypes we men have to endure.

Your last remark is, perhaps, the best one.  That "I"???? have the inability to distinguish sexual 'fantASization' (get a spelling dictionary, Appollon) from art that gives society the stereotypes we men have to endure. ....I never said I had a fetish, nor did I say that I was in the practice of encouraging such.  If you would have read my post correctly (and perhaps without anger) you would have seen that I believed that where the original post was coming from, was nothing more than what was an introduction to ballet through an attraction to the costumes that were being worn - many women are drawn to ballet by such an attraction, why not men?

Lastly, who elected you to be the macho-man-in-tights who pummels those who don't meet your macho-man-in-tights expectations.

Again, ignore those posts that really offend you and leave those alone who (at least mostly) speak of a love of ballet.  OR....petition that this site be moderated along the lines that please you or go to another board.

Ralph