Re: [TANGO-L] Community Growth: Harmful unsolicited "teaching" & sexual advances

[Stephen Brown <Stephen.P.Brown @DAL.FRB.ORG>]

Rick Anderson (aka Bugs Bunny) wrote:

>In my opinion, ignoring a predatory individual does nothing. Putting the
>onus on women (esp. if they are vulnerable beginners & often quite
young),
>alone, to deal with this isn't the right answer either.

I think Rick is right about this.  I have seen an older man grab a very
young woman and dance with her in a very close embrace that seemed
uncomfortably familiar.  She didn't stop dancing with him until the tanda
ended, but she left the milonga early and shifted from being a person to
rarely missed milongas to one who rarely attends milongas.  I wish I had
said something.

I think that if the men in a community become aware of predatory behavior
on the part of a few other men, it is their obligation to tell the
offending person that his behavior is not welcome.

With best regards,
Steve

Stephen Brown
Tango Argentino de Tejas
http://www.tejastango.com/