# Why do more women like dancing than men do? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 2, 2025, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-more-women-like-dancing-than-men-do/1012501 "2025-01-02T22:16:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-more-women-like-dancing-than-men-do/1012501/34 "2025-01-03T10:56:07Z")
> [@Zoobi](#): > > I disagree with the premise. Well, from the other thread I cited in my OP, these folks agree: > [@Enrolling in "cybersecurity bootcamps" to meet women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enrolling-in-cybersecurity-bootcamps-to-meet-women/1011901/25): > > So, i agree that going to a cybersecurity boot camp to meet women is a bad idea. I know women who have gone to IT boot camps, and they were looking for jobs, not to socialize. And cruising there is going to feel creepy. But i think dance is a great idea. There’s often a shortage of men, and the straight women like to dance with men. I am involved in “challenge square dancing”, which gets very technical, by the way. (Also, like IT, the sex ratio leans towards men as you get into the technical st… > [@Enrolling in "cybersecurity bootcamps" to meet women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enrolling-in-cybersecurity-bootcamps-to-meet-women/1011901/29): > > I… don’t think… you understand what the point of classes are? They are supposed to be for people who aren’t good at the thing, so they can get better! Anyway, yeah. Classes in ballroom dancing. That was the tried-and-true way to meet chicks at my very-lopsided-gender-ratio technical school. Like @puzzlegal said, there’s a shortage of men (so any lack of skill will be excused), and women like it! (Indeed, I would go so far as to say that most women find a guy who can dance – or is learning how … I Googled “do women like to dance more than men”. Google came back with this AI overview: > Based on social perception and studies, it appears that women generally tend to enjoy dancing more than men, with statistics showing a higher participation rate in dance activities among females; however, this is not a universal truth and individual preferences vary greatly between genders. Among the results, there was this actual published study: > **[Descriptive epidemiology of dance participation in adolescents - PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21957695/)** > > The aims of this study were to describe the prevalence of dance participation in U.S. adolescents and to estimate the contribution of dance to total moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA). The sample was composed of 3,598 adolescents from the... > The prevalence of dance was much higher in girls (34.8%) than boys (8.4%). Girls had a greater contribution of dance to total MVPA (39.3%) than boys (23.0%). Dance is a prevalent form of physical activity among girls, and it accounts for a substantial fraction of their total MVPA. There are also plenty of other folks who share my perception that women like to dance more than men: [http://www.ballroomjoe.com/articles/whywomenlovetodance.htm](http://www.ballroomjoe.com/articles/whywomenlovetodance.htm) > **[Why do fewer men dance than women? \[Archive\] - Talk of The Villages Florida](https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-65578.html)** > > \[Archive\] Why do fewer men dance than women? The Villages, Florida, General Discussion [https://www.girlsaskguys.com/entertainment-arts/q3790749-guys-why-do-girls-like-to-dance-more-than-you-do-girls-why-do-guys](https://www.girlsaskguys.com/entertainment-arts/q3790749-guys-why-do-girls-like-to-dance-more-than-you-do-girls-why-do-guys) So then I turned it around and asked Google “do men like to dance more than women”. Google came back with this AI Overview: > No, generally speaking, women are considered to be more likely to enjoy dancing than men, with many studies and observations showing that men are often more hesitant to hit the dance floor compared to women; this can be attributed to cultural factors that sometimes perceive dancing as more feminine. And the results of that search were almost entirely about women liking dancing more than men and being better at it. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-more-women-like-dancing-than-men-do/1012501)._