To gentlemen on dance floors everywhere:
Fuck off.
No, seriously. Please keep
your bump and grind stare
to yourself.
Perhaps I’m not wearing
any underwear
but I didn’t come here to share.
I came here to dance and
drink until I’m silly,
not the ‘liability’ you’ll claim
as your lion’s share – and
try to take.
If you haven’t yet realised
I’m using the term ‘gentlemen’
loosely, because chivalry
is not dead,
you just haven’t learnt it yet;
and I don’t mean door holding
and jacket offering –
No, I mean personal space
for each of my hands,
my ribcage and raging breath.
I mean having conversations
which don’t have forks in the roads,
yet no matter what I choose
in your head, both lead to sex.
I mean dancing on my own
because I decided long ago
this body is good enough for me
and me only,
and even…
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Bravo.
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Thank you 💛
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Wonderfully worded.
Only reason I ever went to clubs at uni was because it helped keep female friends free from uninvited hands. What is it that makes so many guys think they can act like that? It isn’t prevalent in any T.V shows or films I have watched, nor was it a conditioned behaviour while I was growing up (that I was aware of, at least).
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The amount of times I have been grateful for a male friend to ward them off. Honestly feels like a Savannah sometimes. It’s incredibly primitive instinctive behaviour 🙄
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Thank you for a wonderful comment!
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You are very welcome.
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Oh my god. This, this, and again, THIS. ❤
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Thank you so much Henna 💛💛💛
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Amen. I’d have been shocked to see this STILL goes on had I not had a conversation about this very thing, with my 19 year old lately. I’ve been called frigid and a lesbian in my time, because I preferred to dance alone. One time a guy smacked me in the arm cos I told him to GTF…after he’d persistently gotten into my space on the dance floor.
Loved this piece of writing, Kristiana. x
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It makes me furious. This was inspired by a man in a pub trying to get me to dance with him, when I said ‘No’ he said ‘It wasn’t a fucking question.’ Needless to say my follow up ‘F off’ worked a treat.
Thank you for your kindness!
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Omfg…seriously!? What an arrogant dickhead. I’m going to read this blog to my best mate later. We’ve got a vast selection of similar stories between us.
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Yep, indeed! Aw it makes me happy that perhaps this piece will be cathartic for you both though 💛
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Not cathartic really. We’re at least twice your age, but that there are still the dance arseholes out there is incredible.
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I love this.
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Thank you ☺️
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