 the male dancer
written by Tom             on 27.05. at 02:34:06 - as answer to: Help me make a point about homophobic men by Angel>I'm a freelance writer working on a commentary piece about the knee-jerk reaction many straight men have when their son wants to dance (specifically ballet). Anyone want to tell me a little about their own personal experiences? I want to know how your dad's reacted to your wanting to dance. How others treated you and how it felt or feels when you have to deal with the (dance) prejudices of others esp. if they are based on sexuality phobias. What compells you to dance despite the stereotypical views? The basis of my article is that if dance is a form of free self expression what makes it so threatening to most straight men? I want readers to wonder why we have not come far enough on something as rich and non-gender specific as dance. You do need to be a man to offer me your view. I won't be checking back here most likely so you can email me privately if you have an experience or view to share with about 60-70,000 readers. (ispin4kix@metrocast.net) Respectfully, Angel This could be valuable for many people here as well. This is aserious problem for many young men. So why not post your stories here as well as e-mailing them to him? Tom Answers to this message:
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