Current Events > Why are Debutante Balls / Cotillions still a thing in the South?

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lydiaquayle 02/15/21 9:21:14 PM #1:	I can understand why there still might be some happening in NYC or New England, where rich foreign royalty can still show their daughters off to the rest of the international community. But you would think that this custom would end in places like Texas, North Carolina, Missouri, etc. where Southerners supposedly hate snobby and outdated European practices. Anyone care to explain ? --- [Feminist][CisGender][Straight Supporter][Non-Binary] I'm not Ashamed to Dress 'like a Woman' because I don't think it's Shameful to be a Woman. ~Iggy Pop~ <cite>lydiaquayle posted [p:950681023] in Why are De... [t:79297359]...</cite> <quote>I can understand why there still might be some happening in NYC or New England, where rich foreign royalty can still show their daughters off to the rest of the international community. But you would think that this custom would end in places like Texas, North Carolina, Missouri, etc. where Southerners supposedly hate snobby and outdated European practices. Anyone care to explain ? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SuperShake666 02/15/21 9:23:53 PM #2:	I still don't get what they're for. --- "Look, if I was good at math, I wouldn't be on CE at 2:00 the morning clicking on topics about porn stars ****ing horses." - May 2017, Dash_Harber <cite>SuperShake666 posted [p:950681104] in Why are De... [t:79297359]...</cite> <quote>I still don't get what they're for. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
lydiaquayle 02/15/21 9:26:16 PM #3:	SuperShake666 posted... I still don't get what they're for. They're basically to show off girls who've reached puberty that they're on the dating market. It was historically a way for rich or royal families to arrange marriages. --- [Feminist][CisGender][Straight Supporter][Non-Binary] I'm not Ashamed to Dress 'like a Woman' because I don't think it's Shameful to be a Woman. ~Iggy Pop~ <cite>lydiaquayle posted [p:950681181] in Why are De... [t:79297359]...</cite> <quote>SuperShake666 posted... </cite> <quote>I still don't get what they're for.</quote>They're basically to show off girls who've reached puberty that they're on the dating market. It was historically a way for rich or royal families to arrange marriages. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CommonJoe 02/15/21 9:26:46 PM #4:	It became a part of Southern culture because Southern elites arent and werent the same kind of people as your typical Southerner. Take that fact and let it stew for a couple hundred years and now its just a part of Southern culture in general. Its still very much a niche thing, but these kinds of things arent strictly the practice of rich elites. --- I shouldnt be approaching 30 and preparing for life as a climate refugee. <cite>CommonJoe posted [p:950681201] in Why are De... [t:79297359]...</cite> <quote>It became a part of Southern culture because Southern elites arent and werent the same kind of people as your typical Southerner. Take that fact and let it stew for a couple hundred years and now its just a part of Southern culture in general. Its still very much a niche thing, but these kinds of things arent strictly the practice of rich elites. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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