Dancing has been a big part of every culture since the beginning of time. Sure, today’s new styles of dancing have gotten a bit more risqué than in the past, but dancing is still a conversation between two or more individuals who are trying to portray a message.
This being said, I do not think people should have the right to ban certain types of dancing, solely based on the message that has been sent out.
According to a video I watched on CNN.com, schools are trying to ban what is now called “dirty dancing” because it is telling parents that all their children want to do is have sex.
Many people do not see this as simple dancing. Not only does “dirty dancing” make students want to have sex, it simply simulates sex., meaning, parents feel their children are having sex right there on the dance floor. Now, if that is not a public display of affection, I do not know what is.
I personally do not think this is the case. It is a possibility because of how close students are to one another when they are “bumping” and “grinding”, but this kind of dancing does not always mean there is sexual tension between teens and young adults.
Is it possible these students are just dancing and having a good time. This is the type of dancing they see all over the media, so it is only natural for them to want to be just like someone who they idolize.
Now, I can understand why parents would be concerned, but to say they are going to ban this kind of dancing is just promoting it in other places and situations. What is better, having students dancing dirty in a situation with chaperones or dancing dirty in a scenario where they could actually run off and have sex?
I think a better solution would be to have the schools play music that promotes a different message rather than sex, but then they run the risk of losing interest from the student body because the music is old-fashioned.
It is because of this mixed message parents and schools are trying to ban this type of dancing from social dances held at the schools. I can remember when people had a huge issue with the way we danced at my high school.
One of our rival schools called us out in the local newspaper and said that our dancing was “vulgar” and “unacceptable.”
I was infuriated when I read the article because all the public schools had allowed this behavior until this particular incident happened. We were blamed for something literally everyone was doing.
Like I said previously, dancing has always been very important to all people throughout history. It is a part of who we are and it is a way we can express ourselves to others in a creative way.
If you ban dancing, you might as well ban music too. Then the world would really be a dull place.
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I agree that each generation does not like how the teens are dancing but the day that we as parents throw our hands up and stop protecting our teens even from themselves at times is a sad day. As parents we are the ones who are held responsible to help protect those lives and it would be ignorant as parents to not understand that there are consequences to all behavior and our job is to help them until they can stand for themselves!
If you don't believe you can be violated by someone your same age than you really don't understand that sexual abuse can come in several forms but unfortunately it all is very difficult to heal from.
I love lots of different types of music but I think there is more than just pure sexuality that can be expressed in dancing.
Also, I don't think school administrations have to deal with that teens will do off campus. If that is the kind of dancing they want to do than fine find a place off campus. Not sure many 14 year olds will find such a place. Also I believe one should not feel pressured to dance this way just because some people feel it is fine and fun. When a guy expects this from a girl I think that is where you are getting into some major disrespect issues. There should not be an expectation of grinding for all girls! Some girls actually have enough respect for themselves to not give it out to everyone that expects such a thing...
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