Repost: Strictly Come Dancing is late to the party with same-sex couples: men have been dance partners for centuries

Take the Argentine tango (right), which we associate with strongly fixed gender roles: the powerful, brooding man, the seductive woman. However, when tango emerged in Buenos Aires in the 19th century, there were far more young men around – immigrants sent by their European families to earn a living. So men would practise the tango with other men in preparation for social dances. Fathers would teach their sons; it was a point of pride to be a great tango dancer.

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