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Old 05-08-2008, 02:50 AM   #17 (permalink)
chryssanthi sahar
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Excuse me Aisha, but I still disagree with you. I really don't find anything wrong about a male belly dance show. After all men are rare in our belly dancing rows and maybe they feel strange about their own status, so it is important for them to work with other men once a while, that may make them feel more normal. But I think the whole discussion here has the background of a cultural misunderstanding. I think in Greece women are less concerned about men excluding them from some areas or activities, because in Greece at the end the women always do what THEY want I don't know if you ever watched the movie "My big fat Greek wedding", but there is a scene there, where the mother of the bride tell her that it's not a problem to let the man believe, that he is the head of the family, because in any case the woman is the neck and the neck moves the head
Anyway, I don't want to become sexist the other way round. The fact is, I find an all male belly dance event absolutely o.k. and there is no argument which will convince me of the opposite. If you don't find it o.k., you have the right to, but it is just your personal opinion.

Anyway, guys good luck for your event and I really regret that I cannot be there.
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