FabSwingers.com forum: Is Burlesque demeaning to women?

By *hyllyphylly OP Man
over a year ago

Bradford

Just seen this article on the local paper's website....

Burlesque performers have been left reeling after Hebden Royd Town Council banned them from using Hebden Bridge Picture House.

But the town council’s picture house committee has defended its decision to vote against letting Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival use the town’s historic cinema and denied it was censoring the group.

The organisers of the festival wanted to use the venue, which the town council runs, for a one-off high-end gala performance featuring big names as part of their 2014 event but have been refused on the grounds that “many people feel it is demeaning to women, and raises issues of gender equality”.

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What do you lot think?

I just have to laugh at "raises issues of gender equality", it's in Hebden Bridge..... The Lesbian capital of the UK! (google it)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No.

In fact the Burlesque shows I've seen have been nothing short of empowering for the performers, who came together to perform for a Cancer charity, were from many different backgrounds and presented a fantastic celebration of the female form.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We went to a burlesque show last Saturday. There wasn't many men in the audience. The women all enjoyed it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We went to a burlesque show last Saturday. There wasn't many men in the audience. The women all enjoyed it. "

I'm sure Dita Von Tease feels demeaned when she gets her huge fees for flouncing about in a corset on stage.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We went to a burlesque show last Saturday. There wasn't many men in the audience. The women all enjoyed it.

I'm sure Dita Von Tease feels demeaned when she gets her huge fees for flouncing about in a corset on stage.

If Dita Von Tease feels in any way demeaned, I'm happy to provide an excellent one-on-one counselling service to her.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No I don't think it is, its a amazing thing to see

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Comes down to perception, just because a woman doesn't feel objectified doesn't mean she isn't.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How can, such beauty be classed as demeaning? Stunning are the burlesque

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By *EXY50ishWoman
over a year ago

Anywhere and nowhere

Small Northern town, still in the dark ages me thinks x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Burlesque is supposed to be a celebration of the female form so how is it demeaning? The problem is someone in the council has obviously thought they were strippers and not performers. I've gone to see burlesque a few times and each time the audience has had more than a fair share of women who can't have felt that demeaned.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I posted a thread about sexual objectification, specifically about if swinging led to an increase in the objectification of the opposite sex - sadly it didn't get many responses

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By *opping_candyWoman
over a year ago

West Yorkshire

Saw this on fb the other day. Absolutely backwards and one wonders what decade we are in! Very old fashioned views

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love Burlesque, I have been to a few shows and have a friend who performs. I wouldn't be going if I though it was at all demeaning to women.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just seen this article on the local paper's website....

Burlesque performers have been left reeling after Hebden Royd Town Council banned them from using Hebden Bridge Picture House.

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What do you lot think?

I just have to laugh at "raises issues of gender equality", it's in Hebden Bridge..... The Lesbian capital of the UK! (google it)"

I am a burlesque dancer and no I don't think it is demeaning to women, it empowers women, the women in my burlesque class do either the whole nipple tassel thing or just stay dressed, when people think about burlesque they just think of striping but it is not like that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A friend does burlesque, its given her confidence, toned her up and made her fitter. She doesn't feel demeaned at all, quite the opposite.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A friend does burlesque, its given her confidence, toned her up and made her fitter. She doesn't feel demeaned at all, quite the opposite.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Small Northern town, still in the dark ages me thinks x"

Hebden would have to gain a few centuries to get to the dark ages, it's a weird weird place, I ride through there now and again and people stop me to ask what them round things are

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