Is Dance unmanly?

[RJ Dalton]

Why don't you ask Fred Astaire?

 

[twohundredpercent]

Just go ahead and do it. And don't bother trying to defend it because it's Latin American dance. It doesn't need defending. You'd be pretty much guaranteed a scholarship if you get into that.

Besides if you get good at it, when people try and give you shit, just show them a trophy or medal or something and it's okay. I heard it's pretty much the law in that region. King of the Hill taught me that.

 

[him over there]

I don't know about manly but so long as you are proficient at what you do it is impressive and worth your time.

 

[Moosebite]

replace "dancing" with "bettering yourself" and see if it answers your own question. There is never anything wrong with wanting to learn more or to be better educated on a subject, unless that subject is very morally questionable to begin with. If someone takes issue with it then let them feel free to never have anything to do with you ever again. You shouldn't be concerned with people that wouldn't support you. Your friends may bust your chops, but honestly that's what friends do. Embrace what you want and ignore the beer drinking, trucker hat wearing, good old boy type folk.

 

[Jamash]

Why don't you ask Fred Astaire?

Because he's dead and seances are unmanly.

Sitting round a table holding hands like a bunch of old women? I'd rather dance.

 

[Gottesstrafe]

Well, considering the Brazilian martial art capoeira is entirely founded on the beating the sh*t our of your opponent with your best dance moves...

 

[RJ Dalton]

Why don't you ask Fred Astaire?

Because he's dead and seances are unmanly.

You could raise him as a zombie. Zombies are manly.

 

[Treeinthewoods]

Spoiler: If you do this you will get laid so much it doesn't matter what anyone says.

 

[Jamash]

Why don't you ask Fred Astaire?

Because he's dead and seances are unmanly.

You could raise him as a zombie. Zombies are manly.

I don't know... from what I've seen of zombie rituals, raising the dead usually involves some dancing.

 

[Shuguard]

Sadly the only kind of dancing I can really do is dance-pad gaming (specifically pump it up). I Still think dancing can be manly.

 

[RJ Dalton]

Why don't you ask Fred Astaire?

Because he's dead and seances are unmanly.

You could raise him as a zombie. Zombies are manly.

I don't know... from what I've seen of zombie rituals, raising the dead usually involves some dancing.

Brilliant. Ol' Fred will love that.

 

[ThePenguinKnight]

I don't know, let's ask my good friend Technoviking...


Nope.

Not unmanly at all.

This, although I can't stand dancing personally. I just feel foolish, because I probably dance horribly.

 

[Gentleman Adventurer]

You people

What do you mean "you people?"

Even if it is, which it isn't, why does it matter? Do/learn/listen to/watch whatever you want, even if it is considered girly. In the end, you end up with an awesome skill and they're left with the same old trucker hat and beer belly.

True, good sir, true

acoridng to what exactally? our culture? ever seen the hakka?

I just did thanks to the post under yours.

I think the more fundamental issue is about expressing sexuality. Most people are pretty uncomfortable with it. A lot of guys see pretty much any expression of emotion (except anger) as unmanly... Dance is an art, its a form of self expression. I suspect those calling dance unmanly are the same types that think fine art is only something for gays and Europeans.

You hit the nail on the head. I think some people misconstrued what I meant and I should have been more clear, but I had already decided to not care what my ignorant brethren thought. I just wanted to know what people on the Escapist thought on the subject.

 

[Gentleman Adventurer]

South American dancing? which part? because not all of us dance the same songs the same way (some of us don't even dance).

The presentation was mostly about the Argentine Tango and the Brazilian Samba were the two big ones. I know not all of South America. Also a Colombian one that the name sadly escapes me.

The OP is, in all seriousness, asking if something is "unmanly"?

I can't find a picture or short youtube clip to adaquate show disapproval of the stupidity of this notion.

Come to bible land and you can see how riddled with insecurities my fellows really are. I should have made it clear in my post that I do plan to ignore what my fellows think and lean a bit (don't know what yet) but that the the area were I live might not be so open to the idea.

As said before, the most unmanly thing to do is worry about whether something is manly or not.

Dancing tends to make people feel good. Do those people mean feeling good is unmanly as well?

Indeed.

I used to live in a very conservative part of the good ol' U.S.A and ya'll square dance like every night.

Your thinking of Western square dances, that's a Texas thing. I'm a bit more north than that.

 

[Olas]

I don't know, let's ask my good friend Technoviking...


Nope.

Not unmanly at all.

Someone who's already very manly choosing to dance doesn't prove that dancing itself is manly. Technoviking could make pretty much any activity look manly if he's filmed doing it.

 

[Warachia]

Saying dance is unmanly is like saying the only people on forums are 90 pound white nerds, there are so many varieties/styles of dances that have their own meaning that you can't generalize them under one category of just "dance".

 

[viranimus]

Ive said this before, Ill bring it up now. Its not that the act itself is unmanly, its that the act as a whole is an archaic artform that serves no purpose in modern connotations. It simply should no longer exist.

 

[Daniel Ferguson]

A crazy, cute, hyper kind of girl made me dance with her the other week at my local bar. I did the Robot. She called me Awesome.

Of course I was already awesome, but it's nice to have it affirmed by others once in a while. Especially cute drunk girls.

True story.

 

[Yopaz]

Confidence is manly.
Dancing is neither.

I will go into further details. Dancing, either with a partner or freestyle can be a lot of things. It can be amazing, it can be boring, it can be girly, it can be manly. Dancing with a partner often means that the man leads while the woman is led. So there's a part for men and a part for women. Lots of dancing requires a lot of upper body strength which is also quite manly.

However my definitions might be skewed here, but rather than asking anything like this ever again. Ask yourself "Is confidence manly?" The answer wont ever change. It will always be "Fuck yeah!". Don't care about your peers, be confident.

 

[Akimoto]

Dance is never unmanly. Stuff like West Side Story, Glee and dancing Russians prove that. Some Bushman tribes perform dances before war with the intent to call on animal spirits or similar to aid in battle.

Dance is never unmanly

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