# male ballet dancers on tips of toes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-ballet-dancers-on-tips-of-toes/498795>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 5, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-ballet-dancers-on-tips-of-toes/498795 "2009-06-05T10:46:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![evanherk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@evanherk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evanherk)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-ballet-dancers-on-tips-of-toes/498795/1 "2009-06-05T10:46:03Z")

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The reason is really obvious to me: male dancers (ballerinos?) would look sissy hopping about on their toes, innit?

Bart van Herk

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-ballet-dancers-on-tips-of-toes/498795/2 "2009-06-05T11:32:11Z")

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[Link](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/89/why-dont-male-ballet-dancers-dance-on-their-toes) to original column.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-ballet-dancers-on-tips-of-toes/498795/3 "2009-06-09T23:10:39Z")

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You mean more sissy than just wearing tights and prancing around?