A report from the Department for Media, Culture, and Sport (2015) found that 43.3% of girls between the ages of five and 10 participate in dance-based activities, compared to just 12.2% of boys. At the same time, according to Luke Jennings (2013), It's 14 years since a woman was commissioned to create a main-stage ballet at the Royal Opera House. How can a small percentage of boys overrule the majority of women in dance culture? Many people outside and inside of dance culture believe dancers are categorized by gender because how masculine a certain dance can be, if it is feminine to dance, and males take higher roles. As a whole, males are considered the minority because the majority of females seen at dance recitals and dance studios. In more
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Compared to their female counterparts, females are seen more creative, emotional, soft, and expressive. Relating to dance, females would stereotypically be seen in dance culture because of the feminine attributes ballet gives off, for example. When society thinks of ballet, they would not typically imagine a room full of male participating in the “feminine” activity. Physiologically, the first thing to come to mind would be women that would take part in this activity. The reason why our minds choose to categorize ballet as a feminine activity is because how society see ballet as graceful and emotional, but males are seen the opposite from these …show more content…
A “real man” model behavior of being tough, relating that real men are sports heroes or brave figure and young boys are likely to imitate these behaviors. Also, the media help deliver the message or fallacy of masculinity by having aggressive examples of men in sports or their status in society. Therefore, boys and young men who do not act in a masculine way can be considered being feminine, attracted to men or not being a “real man” (“The Conversation,” 2014). This recreates the fear of being considered homosexual and against being homophobic. Putting this influence on a boy can put fear in them that if you dance, you’ll get teased because of how it is not since to be masculine to dance. Society putting these insultful labels on male dances cause them to shy away from what they truly have the passion for. Already considering the low percentage of males in dance culture, this increases the likelihood of a male to not be in certain dance genres or not have the interest to
Compared to their female counterparts, females are seen more creative, emotional, soft, and expressive. Relating to dance, females would stereotypically be seen in dance culture because of the feminine attributes ballet gives off, for example. When society thinks of ballet, they would not typically imagine a room full of male participating in the “feminine” activity. Physiologically, the first thing to come to mind would be women that would take part in this activity. The reason why our minds choose to categorize ballet as a feminine activity is because how society see ballet as graceful and emotional, but males are seen the opposite from these …show more content…
A “real man” model behavior of being tough, relating that real men are sports heroes or brave figure and young boys are likely to imitate these behaviors. Also, the media help deliver the message or fallacy of masculinity by having aggressive examples of men in sports or their status in society. Therefore, boys and young men who do not act in a masculine way can be considered being feminine, attracted to men or not being a “real man” (“The Conversation,” 2014). This recreates the fear of being considered homosexual and against being homophobic. Putting this influence on a boy can put fear in them that if you dance, you’ll get teased because of how it is not since to be masculine to dance. Society putting these insultful labels on male dances cause them to shy away from what they truly have the passion for. Already considering the low percentage of males in dance culture, this increases the likelihood of a male to not be in certain dance genres or not have the interest to