Uh...What do you say to this?

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by 3894

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.

Actually, women were giving her money too. When the tips were slow in coming in the beginning a female waitress came out and put money in her waistband.

Having these new perspectives I can't say if I would do the same thing over again. At the time it really didn't seem like a big deal (and I'm still not sure that it was) and I didn't want to give the act more power by making it a big deal.