[TANGO-L] the cabeceo

[robin thomas <niborsamoht @YAHOO.COM>]

--- robin thomas <niborsamoht @yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 19:00:20 -0800 (PST)
> From: robin thomas <niborsamoht @yahoo.com>
> Subject: the cabeceo
> To: Tango-L Commands <listserv @mitvma.mit.edu>
>
> huck wrote
>
> "It saves embarrassment
> for the man who would otherwise have to walk over to
> a woman and point-blank ask her to dance to her face
> and get turned down in front of the entire milonga,
> and it saves embarrassment for the woman who might
> feel undue pressure to accept a dance she might not
> want just to spare embarrassment to the man standing
> before her."
>
> people always told me that the women don't ask the
> men
> in argentina. as far as i can tell it's completely
> untrue. if a woman is looking in a man's direction
> or
> simply allowing her eyes to be available to him
> she's
> definately saying, "you may invite me to dance."
> so it saves the women getting turned down in front
> of
> everyone else too. the men do the actual "asking"
> but
> the women make it possible or not that he asks at
> all.
>
>
> robin thomas
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up
> now.
> http://mailplus.yahoo.com
>


__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now.
http://mailplus.yahoo.com