Real men do dance?

[sarahmichigan]

I should know better than to read some damn essay in Esquire about what makes a man (the "real" is sort of implied). There was a line that a man doesn't cringe at the thought of dancing, but it is to be avoided.

I call B.S. There are tons of cultures, here in the U.S. and abroad where it's perfectly normal and expected that men should dance and enjoy it, not to mention that the essay tended to imply that gay men aren't really men.

And, last night, I went to City Club with a couple of women and four men who are pretty secure in their gender identity who didn't seem to get the memo that dancing is "to be avoided."

Comments

[bernmarx.livejournal.com]

Men Without Hats.

Men At Work sang about vegemite sandwiches.

[rikhei.livejournal.com]

You know, my brain was telling me Men Without Hats. The stupid lyrics web page that I used to double-check the lyrics said Men At Work. Bah!

[bernmarx.livejournal.com]

It's an easy enough mistake.

Here's another 80s song about dancing:

But now and then we wonder who the real men are
See the nice boys - dancing in pairs
Golden earring golden tan
Blow-wave in the hair
Sure they're all straight - straight as a line
All the gays are macho
Can't you see their leather shine

-- Joe Jackson, "Real Men"

And, oh yeah...

"The politics of dancing
The politics of ooo feeling good
The politics of moving
Is this message understood?"

-- Re-Flex