(February 11, 2018 at 9:48 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:(February 11, 2018 at 4:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: The title is a bit misleading. No one can say no unless there is a legitimate issue. Not just girls to boys.
I can kinda see both sides, to be honest. The dance is voluntary. If you don't feel comfortable with the rules, don't go to the dance.
I don’t agree that young kids should have to miss their school dance simply because they don’t want to be forced to slow dance with a person who they may not even want to touch. Aren’t we supposed to be teaching our kids bodily autonomy? Hell, my kid is three and a half and we’ve already had the, “this is your bubble of personal space.” talk.
I don’t think, “you should let someone touch you even if you don’t want them to, because it’s the polite thing to do.” is the right message to be sending our youth.
It's not a rule I would support, personally. But I don't think it's a huge scandalous thing, either. The intent/message isn't to let anyone and everyone touch you. It seems like a bit of a stretch to take that from the article.
According to the article, this dance is voluntary and the way it works is each kid writes down the name of 5 people they want to do a dance with, and they then get paired up that way for each song. If there is a someone in particular a kid does not feel comfortable dancing with for whatever reason, they need to notify the adult ahead of time and they wont have to dance with that kid.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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