Uh...What do you say to this?

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Thanks for the links, Kevy Baby. I have a Turkish BIL so I'm unfortunately well aware of how the Turks feel about the Greeks. There's a huge gulf between the two cultures. The belly dance may be performed in Greece and France but it's not indigenous to Greece and France.

Originally Posted by tracilicious

Does the fact that my nearly four year old son got turned on to whatever extent an young boy can when he saw a woman using her body in a mildly sexual way make him a product of our culture?

tracilicious, think in behavioralist terms. I'm assuming that only men were stuffing money into the belly dancer's costume? Your son learned that if he did X, then Y would happen. If a male put money in the lady's costume, she'd shake her money maker provocatively. He tried it - it worked!

Our culture commodifies sex. Your son had a little introduction to it. I have two kids and I can't say I'd have handled it differently than you did. The difference is I have the luxury of sitting in front of a computer (over)analyzing what happened to someone else.