The Sociology of Salsa

Ok its been nearly a month since my last post, but I’ve been caught up with exams for the most of last month and this month has just been chilling so far…

I went for Salsa today for my umpteeth beginner’s lesson. I must say… I really do suck… Salsa’s just not my thing… but I did get much out of people watching The girls that I went with would not stop commenting on how sexy the dancing was and how they would just love to be able to dance like that with a good partner… So it got me thinking…. what isit thats sexy about salsa… I mean, u dont really see guys go goo goo ga ga over salsa dacing… The fact is, women love to be lead… to some extent, and they find it sexy that guys take the lead and they just follow their cue and go with the flow… Mystery solved…

Geeks love salsa… a quick survey of the people of the room, led me to believe that a good 50% of the guys there were geeks… devoid of a social life outside salsa… So why do geeks learn salsa? Simple… I’ve noticed that people who are more reserved and lack social skills tend to try and pick up something that they can be a pro at, that would help them socialize to some extent at least. Salsa just happens to be choice one… Some are not too bad… but the lack of confidence in some of them are just ooozing out of their ears… Like they’re trying too hard to impress the girl.

Fags love salsa too. I’d say about 30% of them there were gay.. I tink its a kinda gay status symbol or sumthin to be able to dance really well… and I’m guessing salsa is one of the more classier dances so yeah… It was funny to see 2 guys dancing salsa… But after awhile its easy to tell who the bitch boy is… its the one doing all the spinning… the one being led.

Then there are those who just wanna learn the dance for the love of the art… That usually entails about 80% of the girls and perhaps 5% of the guys… leaving about 15% of the guys and 20% of the girls who are just single, desperate and horny…