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Originally Posted by zafirah
Hmm, I felt that bit was a little lazy. Not exactly a fair survey of American men! Her father possibly is holding onto cultural values from elsewhere (he has an accent so I assume still holds onto his cultural identity from whereever his family are from) and her brother is hardly going to have an 'everyman' view of the dance with his sister making a career of it. Could she seriously not find any other american men to interview?!
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You're right, a bit lazy to interview relatives rather than 'man on the street.'
But the views expressed by her father/brother seemed to reflect the view of most of the father/brother/husbands I've encountered among my students, at least. The average 'everyman' on the street in the U.S. would only vaguely be aware of bellydance and wouldn't be able to answer the questions at all, so you'd really have to ask relatives of dancers or dance students to get an informed answer.
But you're right, non-relatives might have been a better way to go.