"This Prom Has Everything, Except for Boys"

Gold Member Joined: Aug 20 2007 Posts: 1308

I really liked this article about an all-girls prom that a high school student organized for students that do not socialize with or dance in front of males. There's a very nice video in the article that I can't seem to embed here.

Gold Member Joined: Oct 14 2009 Posts: 1234

I think that's fantastic. Good for them!!

Platinum Member Joined: Apr 12 2010 Posts: 5799

Just goes to show, people who hold by certain religious 'rules' or 'minhagim' can have fun as well!

Thanks for posting Smile

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Platinum Member Joined: Mar 12 2009 Posts: 13203

Ah, Hamtramck. Isn't that the home of the Polish Muslims?
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The righteous praise and honor people for every good quality that is found in them while the wicked seek out faults in others to pull them down, even if they repented those deeds. (Rabbeinu Yonah, from Partners in Kindness)

Platinum Member Joined: Mar 24 2008 Posts: 6528

I was just at a chinese auction for women. There was a waiter manning the panina press. As he was working he suddenly looked up and said "I just realized - are there only women here".
I think women only events look strange to everyone else.

Senior Member Joined: Aug 25 2009 Posts: 249

When my daughter was in NCSY, the local chapter (mostly yeshiva kids and some ps kids) had a girls' prom. I thought it was so cute. It was at someone's home, and the girls actually dressed up for the occasion (no, not prom gowns!) They had refreshments, and played some games. Just fun and special for the girls.

Platinum Member Joined: Mar 12 2009 Posts: 13203

The reactions here are very interesting. Yes, welcome to our world, where the boys don't appear too often to begin with. And yes, it can be very healthy. (Wasn't that one of the points if not the point of Mystics, Mavericks and Merrymakers?) But this wasn't the kind of chagiga, or retreat a lot of our h.s. girls might be going on this time of year. This had to be a prom, with all the trimmings, dressing up for...whom? When my kids have more dressy school programs they're still not wearing the heels and chasuna outfits. I really do need to look this over more carefully, I don't remember the pics, but I wonder if the girls showed a bit less skin than they would have had the boys been there....