Males etc.
Dear Rico,
Just because someone understands the world differently than we do does not mean they are "haters and bashers". It means they do not live their lives by the same cultural mores that you or I do. A hater and basher would do more than disapprove of male dancers. They would express their disapproval by hurting male dancers instead of merely leaving the room. they woudl respond like the American men in Wyoming who tied a poor man to a fence with barbed wirte just becasue he is gay. Regardless of my own opinion that it is extremely narrow in focus to think that men should not belly dance, I still understand that not everyone sees the world in the same way that I do. I can only try to persuade them, as I am trying to persuade you, that not all people see things in the same way. So far, they have not accused anyone of being a hater or a basher who do not share their viewpoint. Tolerance is a two way street.
Regards,
A'isha
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