The dances I used to attend had something called adult chaperones. Perhaps the solution might be to recruit a few in case lap dances break out, or the kids drag in a stripper pole.
Otherwise, calling off the whole event because there’s a new dance fad is the wrong course of action.
Now, they’ll just get together anyway and dance in back seats where, unsupervised, it’ll surely advance to the next level.
“Awww, no dance? We’ll just hang out.”
Now I need a shower.
Ahh the good old days where the main goal was to spike the punch.
Why not just boot the kids acting indecently? There’s no signature or contract needed.
The school just needs to state that lewd or otherwise disruptive behavior will warrant immediate removal from the dance.
Call to parents, come get your moron kid that couldn’t refrain from dry-humping his girlfriend in public.
Case closed.
It’s not all that new and it isn’t a fad.
A book by the title “ Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love and Lose at Both “ describes student culture at some of the ivy league schools. This form of dancing is the tip of the iceberg for a generation of students growing up in a truly alien landscape. The book focuses on particular demographics for college and high school but I checked it out a little with young people in my area and they confirm that it is accurate for them as well (though I realize that exceptions exist). Friends have sex with friends with no interest in any emotional commitment. Dating went out of style. If a young man asked a girl out on a date, she’d wonder why and think he was weird. Emotional commitment seems to be viewed as gullibility - there seems to be shame in wanting anything more than transitory anonymous sex because you are too sophisticated to expect/believe that more is worthwhile and attainable. I rented a DVD of ‘The Mentalist’ and when the cops were interviewing some surfers in their teens - the teens explained that they ‘hooked up’ (had sex) with each other freely but were somewhat horrified to hear it suggested that any of them were ‘lovers’ because ‘that would be weird’. Very sad.
Here’s the link for the book: http://www.amazon.com/Unhooked-Young-Women-Pursue-Delay/dp/B001A5UV8K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266868034&sr=8-1
They don’t need it sanctioned by the school.