does breakdancing have/need a gender break-down?
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I think that's fairly common in individual competitive dance. I assume it's based on the range of moves that breakers can do or not do based on anatomical limits, but I don't really know why. I can't think of one breaking move that one gender can always do and the other always cannot, not an expert on any of this.
I was uncomfortable with the way they call the breakdown, b boys. And b girls. Just call it women's and men's, if you're gonna do it, IMO.
Men can generally do more power moves than women because of a difference in upper body strength. This makes it tough to have mixed gender head-to-head competitions. B-girls using power moves at all is a rather recent development to the scene.
B-boy and B-girl is the term breakers like, so I would expect them to fight hard against changing that.
Obviously the male is more funky, while the female is more fresh. Er, except when the opposite is the case. Either way, it’s a different set of subrule amendments and categories.
I mean, you wouldn’t judge a men’s pop and lock the same as a women’s pop and lock - that’s just silly talk.
Obviously the male is more funky, while the female is more fresh.
The women also say hey, while the men say hoo. Also, when the women love hip hop, they rub their titties, and when the men love it, they grab their dicks.
Oh werd?
So if we are adding dancing when will I be able to compete with my sprinkler moves?
But seriously what makes break dancing more of a sport vs ballet or the tango? Full contact competitive ballroom dancing, now that's something I would watch.
This boogaloo . . is it electric?