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Should women be allowed to lead the tango?

Results so far:

No
48% 70 votes Total: 146 votes
Yes
52% 76 votes
  • 1 of 4

    by Carole Hill

    It isn't a question of a woman being allowed to lead, but rather, it is the man who allows the woman to shine on the dance floor, with the intense beauty and dramatic expression...read more

  • 2 of 4

    by Michael Frissore

    What? No! Women should NOT be allowed to lead the tango. It's bad enough we let them vote and own property. Now they want to lead one of our most sacred dances? Or one of Argent...read more

  • 3 of 4

    by Rian Winters

    The question has arisen in recent years as to who should, or who should be allowed to, lead the tango: Women or men? There seem to be two predominant camps on the matter. The fi...read more

  • 4 of 4

    by Debbie Endris

    I do not think the woman should be the lead in the tango. I am proud to be a strong, independent, self- reliant woman. I have never felt the need to have a man "lead me". ...read more

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  • by Tigre Haller

    How can we be sure that women have not been leading the Tango all along? Far from being "allowed, " it is almost an inherent aspect of the Tango that women lead and follow. In...read more

  • 2 of 5

    by Obvious P. Seudonym

    As dancers go, I am an excellent wallflower. I've never learned to dance beyond 'country dancing' at school, which was one of the more hellish elements of growing up in rural Ha...read more

  • 3 of 5

    by Alice Whitaker

    A dance as fiery, passionate and sensual as the tango demands that a woman at times lead and at times be led. Men came to the seaport cities and towns of South America to find t...read more

  • 4 of 5

    by Randy Scott

    This is a wonderful subject because it reflects much of society in general. Even in the new century, there seems to be so many things that are men things and women things. Takin...read more

  • 5 of 5

    by Renee Morgan

    Why not, the tango is a dance of a man trying to seduce a woman. What is wrong with a woman dancing to seduce the man? This goes back to the article of, "Do women enjoy sex as m...read more

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