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redqueen

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12. The claim that it was used among women for themselves...

Reply to MarianJack (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 11:52 AM

Feb 2012

I'm not sure it's been discredited per se, but it's not a very old idea. Conversely ancient history gives lots of portrayals of it as entertainment for men, almost exclusively (or even exclusively), if I'm not mistaken.

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Bellydancing... [View all] MadrasT Feb 2012 OP

Sexist? Depends on why you're doing it. Kookaburra Feb 2012 #1

I drum for belly dancers Mojorabbit Feb 2012 #6

Not sure - but I sure enjoyed doing it when I was younger. enlightenment Feb 2012 #2

i dont know much about it. i always saw it as a specialized dancing. i guess it would depend seabeyond Feb 2012 #3

I don't understand where the argument that it could be sexist comes from justiceischeap Feb 2012 #4

I just have to ask Remember Me Feb 2012 #8

Site search is your friend. nt justiceischeap Feb 2012 #9

I didn't have to bother with that, Remember Me Feb 2012 #10

My gender shouldn't be relevant justiceischeap Feb 2012 #11

My wife's best friend is a bellydancer MarianJack Feb 2012 #5

The claim that it was used among women for themselves... redqueen Feb 2012 #12

It may not be true,... MarianJack Feb 2012 #13

much less than i find ballet sexist La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #7