Grinding (dance)
Grinding,also known asjuking,freak dancingorfreaking(in theCaribbean,wining[1]) is an intimate and romantic closepartner dancewhere two or more dancers rub or bump their bodies against each other, usually with a female dancer rubbing or bumping her buttocks against a male dancer's genital area. The male dancer will typically place his hands on the female dancer's hips or waist.[2][3]
Grinding gained widespread popularity as ahip hop dance[4]in night clubs, and eventually became popular at high school dances and proms in the US and Canada[5]where it has garnered controversy and has resulted in attempted bans.[6]A more graphic version calleddaggeringinvolves a man slamming his genital area into a woman's buttocks.
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- ^Gewertz, Catherine (2001-02-27).""Freak Dancing" Craze Generates Friction, Fears ".Washington Post.
- ^Kennedy-Moore, Eileen(February 18, 2013)."They Call That Dancing?! Can grinding at high school dances be stopped?".Psychology Today.
- ^Ronen, Shelly (June 2010). "Grinding on the dance floor: Gendered Scripts and Sexualized Dancing at College Parties".Gender & Society.24(3): 355–377.doi:10.1177/0891243210369894.S2CID146222604.
- ^"Freaked Out: Teens' Dance Moves Split a Texas Town".Wall Street Journal.19 November 2007.
- ^Black, Rosemary."'Dance Like Grandma's Watching': High schools nationwide crack down on freak dancing, grinding"New York Daily News(February 18, 2010). Accessed: February 17, 2010.
- ^Ordway, Renee."A grinding halt for Bangor High School dances?".Bangor Daily News(January 12, 2010). Accessed: July 2, 2011