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Thread #83683   Message #1541496
Posted By: GUEST,buster busker
12-Aug-05 - 11:59 PM
Thread Name: Women Buskers and Sexual Safety
Subject: RE: Women Buskers and Sexual Safety
I understand the problems you're posing. I've not heard of, or known of any other women buskers who have suffered safety issues in their lives while performing in this way. I have seen other women buskers who have used their sexual energy in a very teasing manner. They've dressed and/or posed provocatively while performing. I've even busked in combos with these women and surprisingly have not found this to be an altogether dangerous activity on their part. They had no ill encounters, that I was aware of, with members of the opposite gender, nor any with those of the same gender. They were not, however, trying to stretch the bounds of acceptable language and/or subject matter as you have been with your act.

I'll have to agree with a few other previous posters that now seems to be "the" era of male bashing. There are, after all, a great many men out there that deserve such treatment. I guess that's why the habit of poking fun at male attitudes has become so prominent among so many writers. Take a look at most sitcoms and the buffoon/idiot/boob/dunce/dope who hasn't got a clue is predominantly a role filled by a male character. However, this is no recent development. The prevalence of male clowning is a tradition that dates back many years. We have had a great many such characters to laugh at for generations. The list is simply too long, but I'm certain we can all name our favorites. Such dominance in a field as this is certainly slow to change.

There have been others who have ventured down the same path as you and found it equally challenging. Being a pioneer is never an easy road Kirst. Hang in there kid. Things are gonna get easier.