I have used suns and moons for years, and prefer them because they have one
syllable each, sound completely different from each other, and are easy for the
dancers to remember. I have never had any issue arise about gender bias from
them. The conversation about which gems to use does seem a bit too overthought
to me.
Susan ElbergerLowell, Massachusetts
From: Delia Clark via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
To: "<callers@lists.sharedweight.net>" <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Jets / rubies genderfree terms redux: gems?
Okay, this conversation, plus the lunch table at the Puttin’ On the Dance
Conference in Ottawa are FINALLY getting me to give up clinging to moons and
stars (the only non-gender term I’ve ever used, which I have liked with
families and have found works well, but which I understand is too gender-y to
be acceptable as the solution we’re looking for - dang!). I am herewith
committing to trying out Jets and Rubies next weekend at a dance I’m calling
for a wedding of two women. Will report back.
On May 29, 2015, at 1:56 AM, P. Campbell via Callers
<callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I like jets & rubies (and have used the terms) for a number of reasons. (Don't
like gems for same reason about confusion).
In a weird way, it's close enough to "lefts & rights" for me to have no trouble
remembering who's who (with rubies starting with "r"), and, (apologies to those
who might be offended), because it fits the same syllables for me as "gents &
ladies" (which I use for historical dance) or "men & women".
For some reason I just can't get a feel for larks & ravens (I have an idea of
why but not worth sharing), and I'm not at all comfortable using bands & bares.
For me, it's whatever will be the easiest for me to remember which side is
which, and if my brain is wired to think of "jets" (black color) as more
masculine and "rubies" (red color) as more feminine (so easier for me to link
them to left & right), that's my mental visual process. (I tried apples &
oranges once with a group of kids - it was terrible because I couldn't remember
which was which side - I have to have some frame of reference).
I think one of the reasons I have trouble with larks & ravens is because of
having learned a foreign language that has a gender for nouns, and I want to
make larks the right side and ravens the left, but then the syllable structure
doesn't work for me.
My 2 cents.
Patricia
Sent from my iPhone
On May 28, 2015, at 3:51 PM, Alan Winston via Callers
<callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
On 5/28/15 12:30 PM, Ron Blechner via Callers wrote:
For those interested in gender free contra dance terms:1. Do you like or
dislike jets / rubies ?
Like. (I'm responding on personal preference alone; I'm aware of some
objections to this, which I don't personally share.)
2. How would gems / rubies compare?
Less good, because the soft "ms" would make the call less clear. Also, rubies
_are_ gems, so this is confusing.
-- Alan
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