Dance bars or discs?
Dancewithshadows debunks the dumb
logic by defenders of dance bars that
they function the same way as pubs and
discos.
BY JM
October 14, 2005:
In the recent controversy in
Maharashtra over the ban on dance
bars, there has been a pertinent
question: Why close dance bars alone?
Why not pubs too? It's both dancing na?
For those who are unfamiliar with the
works, here is a 20-point ready
reckoner which will help you through
the dim lights:
1.
* Pubs: You go with your
girlfriend/boyfriend or husband/wife.
* Dance bars: Only guys go. They go
with other guys. They dont have girls
with them. Which is why they go there
to gawk at girls.
2.
* Pub-hoppers dont throw money on
their girl-friends or boyfriends
* Dance bar-ons shower money on
pathetic dancers. This is a way of
asserting male superiority.
3.
* Pubs are for the upmarket
* Dance bars are for the hoi-polloi
4.
* Women wear mini-skirts, jeans and
shorts at pubs
* Women at dance bars wear cholis,
saris, long skirts, dupattas etc
5.
* Pub dancers dont threaten to go
into prostitution if the pubs are
shut.
* Dance bar girls threaten to go into
prostitution if the dance bars are
shut.
6.
* You pay with credit cards at a
pub
* Only cash transactions at dance
bars, always
7.
* Pubs and discs play (mostly) English music
* Dance bars blare out Hindi film
songs
8.
* Girls want guys to take them to
pubs
* Girls dont want guys to take them to
dance bars
9.
* Couple entry mandatory in most pubs
* Not mandatory at dance bars
10.
* You speak English at a pub
* You speak Hindi/Marathi/local
language at a dance bar
11.
* In a pub, you spend money on food,
drinks
* In a dance bar, you spend money on
the women
12.
* Pubs have skilled DJs who play
select music.
* Dance bars mostly dont have any DJs
13.
* Pubs dont have retiring rooms to
take your girlfriend/boyfriend after
dance.
* Many dance bars have. Many that dont
have, arrange for lodging outside with
your one-night stand
14.
* Pubs see more activity towards
weekends.
* Dance bars are alive through the
week
15.
* At a pub, you strike up
conversations with others from the
opposite sex.
* In a dance bar, for the same, you
press some currency notes on to her hand
16.
* Girls at pubs are not demure - they
dont pretend to be either
* Girls are dance bars are not demure
- but they pretend to be so
17.
* You don't feel ashamed if your
parents catch you before a pub
* You want to run if they spot you
near a dance bar
18.
* Those who dance at pubs do not have
a problem if their children too dance
at pubs later. This is because
pub-going is seen as normal growing-up
behaviour.
* Those who dance at dance bars would
rather not let their children come
into the same profession, since they
think it is demeaning, despite
arguments to the contrary.
19.
* Journalists hate pubs.
* Journalists love dance bars
20.
* Pubs are located in cities. There
have not been any complaints from
cities that pubs are corrupting youth
* Dance bars are everywhere, including
rural areas. There have been
complaints from interior Maharashtra
that dance bars do corrupt youth.
BY JM
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