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justiceischeap

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11. My gender shouldn't be relevant

Sat Feb 11, 2012, 04:18 PM

Feb 2012

Last edited Sun Feb 12, 2012, 12:52 PM - Edit history (1)

isn't the kinda the whole point of feminism? To be judged on merit, not gender?

If I considered belly dancing sexist based on your definition, then I'd have to consider all dancing sexist. Then we'd have to get into a discussion about what is okay for women to wear and what isn't. That's not a discussion I have any desire to have, because I hear it too often when rape or sexual assault is talked about.

It's none of my business, nor is it my place, to tell or judge a woman on what she does with her body. IMO, to do so, is sexist.

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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