Flags in the Minster
09-19-2006, 04:15 PM
Dave Wrote:The question of whether or not to ask if it's OK to dance is an interesting one. I would generally say that you should ask first, but there are some situations where taking what I call the Nike approach - just do it - is the best option! What do others think? Is it wrong to dance at a meeting without asking first?
I'd have to say generally, yes...I would consider it wrong to dance without first clearing it with the leadership. And I agree with Jo that you should be gracious and make it easy for them to decline. However, I do think that there are instances when it's made clear that people are expected to offer spontaneous expressions, that it would be acceptable in those sorts of occasions.
And I also believe gender has a bearing here. It can be much more offensive to leadership, I believe, when women move out without permission than when do men. The church is so devoid of male leadership in expressive worship that the breath of fresh air that comes when a man spontaneously rejoices before the Lord can overcome any sense that protocol has been breached.
Such is the prevailing gender-role perception, that for the same action, women could be preceived as pushy, brazen, and attention-seeking, and men perceived as daring, passionate and unihibited. It's not particularly fair...it just is. It's the whole thing of responders and initiators again.
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