Talk:Grinding (dance)

message: Is there a difference between bump and grind dancing, dirty dancing, grinding, grind dancing, booty dancing, and freak dancing? If not, we need to choose an appropriate title for this article.  Housing returns zero google hits, even if it is the correct title.  Freak dancing appears to return the most relevant hits, but that term may be used more by the media than by the people who grind.  Your thoughts? --Viriditas  | Talk 02:16, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: houseing has a result now, i just checked --insertwackynamehere 22:52, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

text: hmm at my high school its called grinding but i've heard bump and grind and grind dancing too. I go to an urban public HS in philly if geography means anything :P heh a lot of schools outlaw that kinda stuff, but at our dances grinding and dirty south hip-hop are what they play to balance out slowdancing; its like just a casual fun meaningless dance (some may say thats ironic). --insertwackynamehere 22:15, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Same. No one really cares anyway, because that's just how it is with teenagers. I was thinking that I should expand this a little today, and I'll get to it. There's no mention of when the guy's up against the wall, and the girl's grinding on him, or when her hands are pressed against the wall like doggy style, and others of that nature. I NPOV'd the section about the tempo ranges a little while ago, and have kept this on the Watchlist ever since. I've always heard it as grinding too. -Mysekurity(have you seen this?) 03:45, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm...what happened to the picture of the couple grinding? I'll just have to see about replacing that. -Mysekurity(have you seen this?) 03:50, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Title

message: #Grinding: 15
#Freaking: 12
#Freak dancing: 4
#Dirty dancing: 1
#Bump and grind: 1
#Grind dancing: 0
#Booty dancing: 0
#Houseing: 0
:houseing has a result now, i just checked --insertwackynamehere 22:52, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Urban Dictionary

message: #Freak dancing: 7,140
#There are no results for houseing in the context of house music or dance, other than the two wikipedia entries (this article and house music) you created that have been mirrored. --Viriditas  | Talk 1 July 2005 10:33 (UTC)
:hmm at my high school its called grinding but i've heard bump and grind and grind dancing too. I go to an urban public HS in philly if geography means anything :P heh a lot of schools outlaw that kinda stuff, but at our dances grinding and dirty south hip-hop are what they play to balance out slowdancing; its like just a casual fun meaningless dance (some may say thats ironic). --insertwackynamehere 22:15, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Same. No one really cares anyway, because that's just how it is with teenagers. I was thinking that I should expand this a little today, and I'll get to it. There's no mention of when the guy's up against the wall, and the girl's grinding on him, or when her hands are pressed against the wall like doggy style, and others of that nature. I NPOV'd the section about the tempo ranges a little while ago, and have kept this on the Watchlist ever since. I've always heard it as grinding too. -Mysekurity(have you seen this?) 03:45, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm...what happened to the picture of the couple grinding? I'll just have to see about replacing that. -Mysekurity(have you seen this?) 03:50, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Google test

message: The article still needs a good external links section. --Viriditas  | Talk 06:43, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: I added a small subsection to the music section that lists 4 popular songs which are generally played and grinded to. These songs are what I would consider well known to anyone who is aware of current music (they are mainstream) and may help people get a better idea of what the music is like than just a technical description (since they may have heard them before on the radio or somewhere). --insertwackynamehere 23:08, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  music 

message: Adding this subsection, since I didn't see any reference to it here. I'm for it. --Ori Livneh (talk)
I am also for it. I can think of no discernable difference between 'freak dancing,' 'bumping and grinding,' and 'grinding.'
Dshack 02:54, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: :Commonly and particularly at middle school parties, girls are often not comfortable with grinding with boys yet, and prefer to grind with other girls, often in 'grinding chains.' This is not suggesting that they are lesbians, as some may even have boyfriends, but are simply not comfortable with grinding with their boyfriend. In Puerto Rico, the youth scene seems to have a completely different attitude towards this matter as common youth "perreo" parties become part of regular nightlife at a very early age.
This whole paragraph is written in the most asinine tone I've ever seen.  "This is not suggestive that they are lesbians"?  Do we really need to include this for the one retarded 12 year old that is going to read this page and not figure it out?  "as they may even have boyfriends"  It sounds like it was written by a feminist/soccer-mom focus group.  Last time I checked whether a middle school student had a partner of the opposite sex it didn't necessarily garauntee that they are straight.  Does it mean that they are secually active? no, do I see no reason why it should specifically mean they are straight either.  I'm going to try and fix this drivel...--Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk|@ 04:26, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: the general point still hold true, you see girls grinding against each more often than you might simplistically expect due to the uncomfort with a guy. Mathmo 00:49, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What the hell? 

message: There was a discussion recently about how unwanted grinding is considered sexual harrasment - is this true? PMA 10:38, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sexual assault, often referred to as rape, is legally defined differently in each state. In New Jersey, the law defines sexual assault as "the penetration, no matter how slight, in which physical force or coercion is used or in which the victim is physically or mentally incapacitated". Penetration is defined as "vaginal intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio or anal intercourse between persons or the insertion of a hand, finger or other object into the anus or vagina by either the actor or upon the actor's instruction" (NJSA 2C:14-1).  I don't think so, as long as BOTH participants  consent. Of course, in PS systems, if one partener is forced against his/her will, Then, yes. Jeff503 19:42, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The issue of that statement though is the fact that you are citing a sexual assault law to answer a question about sexual harassment.  The latter is universally applied within the US as unwanted sexual advances, regardless of physical contact.--Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk|@ 17:30, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexual Harrasment 

message: Be Careful on this article, I have edited it to reflect homosexual couples, which do exist Jeff503 19:48, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I found the "his and her" stuff tedious. I've replaced it with a single sentence. Martin 16:09, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality 

message: Who can write something about Malayya and is this related to Bubbling?
Simon de Danser 19:31, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Malayya 

message: I saw people doing this dance around little kids.  Also, people brought their kids to a fundraiser dance where the DJ played hip hop tracks which had loopholes to the censorship system!
I think it is just morally wrong do to this dance around little kids!
Anybody here agree?
Because I think this dance has something sexual about it. --Boxstaa (talk) 19:32, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Immoralities of this dance! 

message: msnbc has an article about it if you need sources. 148.61.253.220 (talk) 19:35, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: --Guerillero | My Talk 04:21, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Upload 

message: I'm removing these words from the sentence because I've never heard of any and when I clicked on the external link, it took me to a page that had nothing to do with any injury.  I think they were thinking of slam dancing.76.125.53.9 (talk) 03:26, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incidents of injury? 

message: Clink this link and go to number twenty-one. This article and the picture are featured...lol... Article ChrisTofu11961 (talk) 05:01, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: No valid reason to remove the image; thus reverted.  Flyer22 (talk) 05:16, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

text: Note: I added ": BuzzFeed article" on to the heading of this section so that it is clearer as to what this section is about; it will also help identifying the section once it is archived. Flyer22 (talk) 05:24, 16 January 2014 (UTC)

text: I was just about to comment about the buzz feed article  on the Grinding talk page haha. I don't don't suggest we remove the image but rather find a better one. Though the image does properly illustrate a male and a female "grinding", it is comical and out of place for a number of reasons. First, the way both of the dancers are looking at the camera it appears they weren't even ready for the picture. Second, the way the male is dressed insinuates the idea that "grinding" is outlandish and wild. Third, the photo had to be taken in a bar considering what they are standing on and the cigarette in his mouth. Let me hear your thoughts. Meatsgains (talk) 05:39, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: If you find a better image of grinding at WP:Commons, I don't mind an image change. But this image that was in the article before I returned the current (and now debated) image does not suffice and is, in my opinion, worse than the current image. Flyer22 (talk) 05:44, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah...both are poor images. The current image should keep until we find a new one. I'll go ahead and see if I can find one. Meatsgains (talk) 06:00, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

text: Thank goodness! The previous image was terrible lol Thanks User:ChrisTofu11961! Meatsgains (talk) 01:35, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Meatsgains, LOL! I think you meant "Thanks, Zacwill16," by the way. Flyer22 (talk) 02:21, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Read this: [[BuzzFeed]] article 

message: A new article on grinding came out recently in Vox Magazine. Any thoughts on if it is worth adding some of the information to the page? I saw the article online today and thought how strange it was to see an article on grinding in the news. Then I came across this page, saw it could use some expansion, and thought maybe it would be worth adding some material from the article to this page. LMK what you think!Comatmebro ~Come at me~ 05:42, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I fixed the link for you. Odd that I thought about this article an hour ago at random, and now here you are. Yeah, I don't see anything wrong with expanding the article with a bit from that source. Flyer22 (talk) 05:46, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: New article on grinding

message: The first time I ever saw grinding on the dance floor in a club was April, 1984. That's pretty much how the couple danced to the rhythm of several songs. Of course, we can't source this to me, but I mention it here to encourage editors to look for even earlier references than those in this article. Rklawton (talk) 21:09, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Dates

message: We seriously could not get a single better looking picture of grinding from the entirety of the internet? Those two are wearing clothes you go to the gas station in.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moon822 (talk • contribs) 20:04, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Find a better image and I'd be happy to replace it. Meatsgains (talk) 20:22, 24 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ugly picture