Is salsa dancing sexist?

As such, I consider salsa to be empowering, not sexist. True, it is my (usually male) partner who leads, making suggestions about what to do next in the dance. But I take his suggestions and turn them into something beautiful. read more

Most of the other communities, i.a. Lindy Hop, BW, Blues, Zouk/Kiz, Salsa, Milongas, and various student dance groups, seem to have no problems with mixed asking though my personal experience is that in practice it’s still about 70/30 the leaders spending more time asking people for dances than the followers. read more

Thats what the upper level of dance is; very two-way communicative. the beginners have to adhere more firmly to what is apparently sexist outlines, simply on the basis of the need to make the dance work. read more