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If you absolutely refuse to dance, it may be a sign of schizotypical personality disorder, or avoidant personality. These things can wreck your life if you let them. At least read about them and be aware.
Just as baseless.
'Over three quarters of British men say they have never or rarely danced' so the title should be "why most men don't dance" or "why it's the norm for men not to dounce" PS: dancing with a beautiful girl can be the most wonderful thing in the world, but dancig lonely just to get sweaty might not be as appealing. so they should open up a "Grandpa's dance palace" where men pick women and dance in pairs. or a campfire da…
To be honest I never saw the appeal in this sort of activity. What made it worse were people who insisted that I participate. Interesting how this is one of the very few things were social pressure is alive and well(as exemplified by the article, which fails to ask why should people dance in the first place).
Good point, perhaps it's because dance can be seen as a form of expression. To a greater extent, if someone refused to talk but had the ability to you would probably think something weird of them. But probably wouldn't question that from a social pressure perspective.
No. I would think that they have nothing to say they think was worth saying -- precisely as it should be, since we already have too many loud idiots.
'Over three quarters of British men say they have never or rarely danced' so the title should be "why most men don't dance" or "why it's the norm for men not to dounce" PS: dancing with a beautiful girl can be the most wonderful thing in the world, but dancig lonely just to get sweaty might not be as appealing. so they should open up a "Grandpa's dance palace" where men pick women and dance in pairs. or a campfire da…
There are many other types of dancing besides with a partner and "dancing lonely just to get sweaty." Line dancing doesn't have a partner - everyone dances the same pattern. There are also group dances like Scottish country dance or medieval dancing where the entire group ends up making complicated figures.
Flamenco is a dance which needs no partner, where the goal is not just to get sweaty.
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Please don't post this sort of thing on a public forum.
I'm curious why you'd request OP not to post that? I tend to think that all topics should be able to be freely discussed provided they're relevant, and the conversation sincere.
I don't believe it was. For one, it would mean a huge percentage of the population has a schizotypical personality disorder, or avoidant personality.
For another, there is a strong cultural effect on dance popularity. There are areas where dancing is banned due to religious prohibitions. (The movie "Footloose" is based on that premise.)
While it's possible that, say, 0.01% of the people may not dance for reasons the OP gave, it's very unlikely that the OP's argument has any significance.
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Good point, perhaps it's because dance can be seen as a form of expression. To a greater extent, if someone refused to talk but had the ability to you would probably think something weird of them. But probably wouldn't question that from a social pressure perspective.
> To a greater extent, if someone refused to talk but had the ability to you would probably think something weird of them. No. I would think that they have nothing to say they think was worth saying -- precisely as it should be, since we already have too many loud idiots.
We can dance if we want too.
To be honest I never saw the appeal in this sort of activity. What made it worse were people who insisted that I participate. Interesting how this is one of the very few things were social pressure is alive and well(as exemplified by the article, which fails to ask why should people dance in the first place).
Later I discovered punk, where dancing mostly involved jumping around a lot, which I could do. Then came Smells Like Teen Spirit, which alternated jumping around with catching your breath (really the perfect dance song at the time). At peak fitness, the Dropkick Murphy's Pipebomb on Landsdowne was the absolutely perfect dance song for me, but I can't dance to that anymore. Iggo Pop's Lust For Life taught me a more rock&roll-like swingy dance, and after that, I could really dance to almost anything (except a house beat).
I don't know any formal swing or rock & roll dance, but I do enjoy dancing to that music. My knowledge of formal dance steps is mostly from balfolk, but that's a very different kind of experience.