PureX
Veteran Member
How many of them are men, and how many are women?Djamila said:So as far as singing is concerned, you're absolutely right - more right than you probably realize, I bet.
But in terms of the overall culture, I think art is very important. Dancers, writers, painters, all of these sorts of things - they're all much more mainstream in Bosnia, and most of Europe, than they I find them to be in North America. Our money doesn't have politicians on it, it has artists on it.
All cultures have their quirks. Most cultures are male-dominant, with the result that women are made to be either saints or whores, because that's what men want of them. I don't like people exploiting other people, though I understand that as we humans are animals, this is always going to be a part of the human condition.
No one's ever going to ask me to be a professional exotic/erotic dancer, so I suppose this is all moot. But for the record, I would refuse. I think it's a form of human expression that glorifies men and women using their sexuality to exploit each other. I realize that such sexploitation will never go away, but I still don't want to participate in it if I can avoid it. And to tell the truth, I have a lot more respect, appreciation, and interest in women who have courageously stood up against male-dominant cultural prejudices than I do for those women who have learned to use these prejudices to their own advantage.
That's just my two cents.