On Thu, Jan 17, 2013, Kalia Kliban wrote: > On 1/17/2013 11:34 AM, Dave Casserly wrote: >> >>Instead, I think we should aim any solutions at the people >>who dance with those of the opposite gender every single dance, and do not >>sit out the entire night. Those are the people who are most competitive >>about partnering and book ahead the most. > > Not necessarily. They could equally well be known to be superb > dancers and enjoyable partners who simply get asked to dance very > quickly, and never feel a need to book ahead.
You have a point, but my perception is that your "equally well" is wrong. That is, when there's a large gender disparity, the people doing almost every dance with the opposite gender are more likely to be booking ahead. (Note that I don't have any recent experience because the dances I've been to in the last couple of years have been mostly gender-balenced.) -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html
