Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: January 17, 2025, 6:53 pm

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Grade school girls can't say No when asked to dance
#21
RE: Grade school girls can't say No when asked to dance
(February 11, 2018 at 4:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: 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.

Ahhh ... "conform or be cast out."

Aside from the idea that they're teaching kids that even their own body is not their own to run as they see fit, they're also teaching kids that obedience is paramount.

Learning how to deal with rejection is part of growing up.

Reply
#22
RE: Grade school girls can't say No when asked to dance
See, here is where omniscience would really be handy.

Do we get more or fewer incipient Ed Geins if they can't say no at the 6th grade dance ??
 The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it. 




Reply
#23
RE: Grade school girls can't say No when asked to dance
(February 11, 2018 at 6:25 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(February 11, 2018 at 4:58 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: 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.

Ahhh ... "conform or be cast out."

Aside from the idea that they're teaching kids that even their own body is not their own to run as they see fit, they're also teaching kids that obedience is paramount.

Learning how to deal with rejection is part of growing up.
Those are poor values too teach children indeed .
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

Inuit Proverb

Reply
#24
RE: Grade school girls can't say No when asked to dance
(February 11, 2018 at 6:53 pm)Tizheruk Wrote:
(February 11, 2018 at 6:25 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Ahhh ... "conform or be cast out."

Aside from the idea that they're teaching kids that even their own body is not their own to run as they see fit, they're also teaching kids that obedience is paramount.

Learning how to deal with rejection is part of growing up.
Those are poor values too teach children indeed .
 I suspect obedience being paramount is a big part of why it ended up happening.

But still, not learning how to deal with rejection... in the immortal words of Spanky Ham, nothing can possibly go wrong!



Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.

[Image: harmlesskitchen.png]

I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
Reply
#25
RE: Grade school girls can't say No when asked to dance
(February 11, 2018 at 5:11 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: My, how times have changed.  I've asked a lot of women to dance, and many of them gave a 'no' that was, to say the least, enthusiastic.

Boru

Talking about this thread, I brought up how I'd said one time that nine times out of ten, asking a gal for a date or a dance or a cup of coffee, I've heard "no". Learning that early taught me how to deal with it, so that I didn't join the incel #metoo brigade.

Kids need to learn that the world will not necessarily turn your way. Don't worry, you'll live, right?

Reply
#26
RE: Grade school girls can't say No when asked to dance
(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.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
Reply
#27
RE: Grade school girls can't say No when asked to dance
Have you ever tried to stop a hugger? As an adult or a child?

A back patter? 

A shake with one hand and grab your arm/hug with the other?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
Reply
#28
RE: Grade school girls can't say No when asked to dance
(February 11, 2018 at 10:24 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Have you ever tried to stop a hugger? As an adult or a child?

A back patter? 

A shake with one hand and grab your arm/hug with the other?

A lot of that is cultural. I don't want anyone giving me a bear hug, except the wife at the point of orgasm. Tongue
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
Reply
#29
RE: Grade school girls can't say No when asked to dance
(February 11, 2018 at 10:24 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Have you ever tried to stop a hugger? As an adult or a child?

A back patter? 

A shake with one hand and grab your arm/hug with the other?

Yes, because I'm a knee-to-the-groiner.

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
Reply
#30
RE: Grade school girls can't say No when asked to dance
(February 11, 2018 at 10:24 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Have you ever tried to stop a hugger? As an adult or a child?

A back patter? 

A shake with one hand and grab your arm/hug with the other?

This is silly.  As a child, I can only think of instances where it was an adult who did the hugging/patting, and it was uncomfortable, but you don’t say anything because it’s hard to verbalize.  As an adult...I’m an adult, so I can make an adult decision whether or not I’m going to allow a person to touch me.  It’s up to me if I’m going to endure an unwanted touch.  It’s my decision. No one is forcing me or threatening me with consequences.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
Reply



Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Mass shooting in the middle school Vladislav Ribnikar in Belgrade FlatAssembler 764 50727 July 18, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Oakland School Shooting onlinebiker 99 9373 December 7, 2021 at 8:21 am
Last Post: arewethereyet
  I can't believe she's so stupid as to say this out loud. onlinebiker 21 2011 January 10, 2021 at 10:55 am
Last Post: TaraJo
  [Serious] Can you sew? Can you save a life? Gawdzilla Sama 30 3778 April 5, 2020 at 10:54 am
Last Post: Gawdzilla Sama
  You can't say that anymore. onlinebiker 89 10145 January 1, 2020 at 9:30 pm
Last Post: Rev. Rye
  Denver Radio Host wishes for "Nice School Shooting" to interrupt Impeachment Divinity 17 2008 December 20, 2019 at 8:46 am
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  School of Hard Rock Hotel knocks. Brian37 5 937 October 15, 2019 at 5:44 am
Last Post: BrianSoddingBoru4
  Girls Vs. Boys: Brain Differences Might Explain Tech Behaviors EgoDeath 25 2559 September 26, 2019 at 8:04 pm
Last Post: The Valkyrie
  Middle School Hit List Silver 24 3497 April 24, 2019 at 8:46 am
Last Post: Gawdzilla Sama
  Nuns steal ~$500k from school for Vegas trips - face no charges Fidel_Castronaut 15 1942 December 11, 2018 at 1:05 pm
Last Post: Gawdzilla Sama



Users browsing this thread: 3 Guest(s)