Posted on 10/17/2006 5:11:25 AM PDT by John Carey
The grainy high school dance video is lurid.
A teenage boy dances behind his winter-formal date, hands on her hips, thrusting his pelvis against her while she hitches up her satiny gown and bends at the waist. Another couple dance facing each other, their bodies enmeshed and their hips gyrating in a frenzy. A boy approaches a third couple, nearly sandwiching the girl between himself and her partner.
ADVERTISEMENT Teenagers call it "freaking," a style of dance made popular on MTV. Educators call it "simulated sex" that has no place at school dances. This clash between outraged adults and sexualized teens is being played out at homecoming dances, winter formals and proms across the nation, most recently at Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo.
After a jungle-themed dance in September, Principal Charles Salter canceled all future dances until students, parents and administrators craft a plan to stop freak dancing.
For months he'd implored parents to get their children to stop freaking, and even showed a video of the school dance to hundreds of parents at back-to-school night.
"The 'dancing' of our youngsters today is one step from events that should be occurring on wedding nights," he wrote in an e-mail to parents.
Though forms of freak dancing — also called "grinding" or "the nasty" — first appeared years ago, so many students are doing it now that educators nationwide are drawing up rules of behavior, changing music formats away from freak-friendly hip-hop, and banning from dances students whose movements are deemed too sexual.
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A high-pressure water hose at the ready would go a long way to stop this kind of hedonistic behavior. If you're gonna act like a couple of dogs freaking in the front yard, then expect to get blasted.
They were all sure smiling.
I believe that schools should teach big band swing dance. It's fun, athletic, creative and clean. Also, it can be danced anywhere.
I started a few years ago and LOVE it! While at one dance in Denver I couldn't sit down because there were so few men in attendance. As I would leave the floor there would be another asking for a dance. Most of the wimmin were young, high school or college types.....I was 52! The young guys need to learn this!
....make that extreme moralists and you have my agreement.
hey it only took two posts before someone posted the oblibatory "what a bunch of prudes" post.
Yep, where would we be if the next generation wasn't always trying to one-up the last?
The quickest way to stop this behavior is for a dumpy, middle aged couple get out on the dance floor and do the same thing. It would instantly become uncool and repulsive.
They were all sure smiling.
SS, DD.
...He then went to the school clinic to ask Nurse Jenn if he needed to requisition more condoms from the School Board.
(for those in Rio Linda, the latter event is an embellishment meant as satire ).
Ossama is sitting back thinking "It is time for adult Muslims to take over from these children."
America is unfortunately raising a bunch of whores.
Actually male and female sluts. I dislike Islamofascists but when it comes to the American and European Cultural Sewer I can see their point.
In my yout' I remember hearing or reading about 3,000 yo Egyptian graffiti lamenting the antics of the younger generation.
I especially like the effect of having the high-rise thong showing way above the hiphuggers. Not.
I thought that was the original macarena...
This is way more than anything Elvis ever did. I assume you don't have any daughters.
One grown daughter. And I hope you haven't taken me to mean I approve in ANY kind of way!
So you have no problem with this kind of dancing?
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