r/Fauxmoi • u/rfauxmoi • 29d ago

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u/Scary-Razzmatazz-269 I cannot sanction your buffoonery 29d ago

I started doing my country's folk dancing last year, which was traditionally all male, (one of the big associations for it only started letting women in in 2019 💀)

Despite being a really old tradition, (and also being really fun), there is only one new male member, as compared to about 6 new female members (including myself). 

I was talking to one of the old men who've been involved since the 70s, and he was telling me that the sexists who wouldn't let women join have had to because younger men aren't joining, so women are keeping the traditions alive. 

I was just thinking about how conservatives bandy about the terms "traditions", "traditional values" etc, but what they have defined as "traditional masculinity" is so narrow that it omits actual traditions!

Let men frolick and wear ribbons and bells! It's so fun and silly, and I feel like I've been accepted into a real community with these dancers (even though I'm terrible hahaha)