Burlesque? Am I just out of touch?

It certainly sounds an odd choice for WI.

It might go down better with a younger age group.

Recently, I went to a concert, where a young woman (in her thirties) sang popular songs quite well, but interspersed her program of songs with jokes that I not only found unamusing but embarrassing.

And no, they were neither blue, nor sexy. She told jokes about greasy hair, blackheads , etc.- all turned towards herself, admittedly. People, mainly those her age or under fifty, were laughing their heads off, but I failed to see what is remotely amusing about dirty nails, blackheads, dandruff or greasy hair.

Came to the conclusion that I am just an auld wife wi' no sense of humour.

StripeyGran

WI didn't work for me. Nothing to do with sex. More to do with bags on seats and " My sister sits there"

That’s what the local U3A meetings were like. L found them irritating but amusing at the same time until I came across a woman with tears in her eyes. Widowed six months ago and her first lone venture out told three times she couldn’t sit in certain seats. Very off putting!

Mollygo

StripeyGran

WI didn't work for me. Nothing to do with sex. More to do with bags on seats and " My sister sits there"

That’s so irritating.
Likewise, shopping this morning, I‘d just collected a small trolley when this woman rushed up and made to grab it, saying, “That’s my trolley!”

I think t'is rapidly approaching the season for this type of thing.
Am extremely old lady ( yes more than me) once practically wrestled a bag of sprouts from my grip in M and S.

I have decided I am not a feminist I am a personist. I don't want to look at things just from my point of view.

We aren't choosing we are commenting. You don't have to be feminist I couldn't care less. But many feminists comment on these issues from that perspective.

StripeyGran

WI didn't work for me. Nothing to do with sex. More to do with bags on seats and " My sister sits there"

That’s so irritating.
Likewise, shopping this morning, I‘d just collected a small trolley when this woman rushed up and made to grab it, saying, “That’s my trolley!”

And who said we all had to be 'feminist' what ever that might mean.

Galaxy

We don't get to choose but we do get to analyse whether it is a feminist choice. The same nonsense is said about all sorts of things S & M,
prostitution, etc. The thing about choices is they are rarely done in a vacuum.

What the heck is a feminist choice???? Who gets to choose? And why do they get to choose?

We don't get to choose but we do get to analyse whether it is a feminist choice. The same nonsense is said about all sorts of things S & M,
prostitution, etc. The thing about choices is they are rarely done in a vacuum.

Allira

It just seems like something that belongs in the Victorian and Edwardian eras and should have been left behind when Women's Liberation began.

But women's liberation was all about women getting to choose how they live their lives. And that means other women don't get to choose for them either.

If people were talking about burlesque at the WI then I doubt it was very risque - it will just be a dress up and dance routine. Probably far more 'proper' than most dance routines done by 16 year old girls.

It just seems like something that belongs in the Victorian and Edwardian eras and should have been left behind when Women's Liberation began.

Interesting set of comments. It's more than possible these days to thoroughly research something online rather than turn up in person, especially if it's something that you realise you might not be keen on.

Maybe it's dressing up, maybe you're not someone whose dearest wish has been to wrap yourself in a feather boa. In the 1960s there was something called Women's Liberation, it was about being able to reject the expectations of men and a repressive, patriarchal society. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, that's not the same as prejudice. As these posts show, at least some are willing to look a little wider and to answer respectfully when someone asks a question.

Just pointing something out in passing

Pole dance is completely different from pole fitness or exercise which is being considered as an Olympic gymnastics vertical component.

I wonder if the woman on Sewing Bee was the same one who took part in Come Dine with Me some years ago.
She also designed costumes, can’t remember if she also made them.
She was a very attractive buxom lady.

I think it's a bit rich of all the people saying how dreadful burlesque is when they didn't go to the talk and, therefore, are speaking from a position of prejudice not knowledge.

WI didn't work for me. Nothing to do with sex. More to do with bags on seats and " My sister sits there"

Ugh! I hate that type of stuff and anything similar!

I wouldn't have attended, either!

There was someone on the Sewing Bee who did burlesque dancing - anyone remember her? I think she helped make the costumes and headresses too. She loved the dancing and had a lot of fun with it. I suspect it's much like people learning belly dancing - no one is trying to attract the sultan but they are having fun and a damn good workout.

A friend of mine used to do pole dancing as exercise, also trapeze. She was incredibly fit and ended up very confident. That's why these things are empowering. They give people confidence in themselves and their bodies.

Oh nothing to do with my post, That's why I was confused.

Thanks OldFrill

Jackiest

Allira

Jackiest

If the women at the WI loved it then it is not just about attracting men in the most basic way possible. More about some men and women like it and some men and women don't.

And if it's of no interest whatsoever then that doesn't make you an old fuddy-duddy in the slightest.

Why would you think it did?

See QuoteGranatlast007 Fri 14-Nov-25 14:17:15 where she mentions fuddy-duddy

Allira

Jackiest

If the women at the WI loved it then it is not just about attracting men in the most basic way possible. More about some men and women like it and some men and women don't.

And if it's of no interest whatsoever then that doesn't make you an old fuddy-duddy in the slightest.

Why would you think it did?

eazybee

Why does it have to be either or?
Quite possible to do both.

What - burlesque dancing whilst flying a plane you've never flown before?

Could be disastrous.

Jackiest

If the women at the WI loved it then it is not just about attracting men in the most basic way possible. More about some men and women like it and some men and women don't.

And if it's of no interest whatsoever then that doesn't make you an old fuddy-duddy in the slightest.

Why does it have to be either or?
Quite possible to do both.