The Clog from OzAre people at nightclubs just there for sex?
September 23rd 2006 22:58
”Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.” - Maurice Chevalier
Maurice makes a very interesting point here. People do have a habit of hooking up in dim lighting, like at a nightclub or rave. If we add this atmosphere to a solid amount of alcohol you get definite social interaction between the sexes and most likely a bit of flirtatious dancing! But the question is, do many of these episodes of just ‘hooking up’ materialise into long term relationships, i.e. love? I don’t think so.
Maybe what Maurice is trying to say is that men can become lustful towards women in dim lighting. I belive this is the same for women too. You know what it’s like – first it’s the promiscuous glance through the crowd at the hot guy on the dance floor, he gives a winking reply and moves towards you, and then you’re in business! And as Maurice says, all this happens “in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.”
From my experience, these sorts of relationships (if you could even call them that) are never even supposed to last into something long term. Maybe when Maurice was in his prime in the early 1900’s it was quite possible to meet your future wife across the dance floor (or whatever the 1920’s equivalent was - possibly a jazz club), but nowadays; lighting has become dimmer, partying has become harder, drugs and alcohol usage have shot through the roof and this has all led to party-goers just being in it for the potential screw at 2am in the pub toilets.
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Maurice makes a very interesting point here. People do have a habit of hooking up in dim lighting, like at a nightclub or rave. If we add this atmosphere to a solid amount of alcohol you get definite social interaction between the sexes and most likely a bit of flirtatious dancing! But the question is, do many of these episodes of just ‘hooking up’ materialise into long term relationships, i.e. love? I don’t think so.
Maybe what Maurice is trying to say is that men can become lustful towards women in dim lighting. I belive this is the same for women too. You know what it’s like – first it’s the promiscuous glance through the crowd at the hot guy on the dance floor, he gives a winking reply and moves towards you, and then you’re in business! And as Maurice says, all this happens “in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.”
Are all these people just in it for the sex?
From my experience, these sorts of relationships (if you could even call them that) are never even supposed to last into something long term. Maybe when Maurice was in his prime in the early 1900’s it was quite possible to meet your future wife across the dance floor (or whatever the 1920’s equivalent was - possibly a jazz club), but nowadays; lighting has become dimmer, partying has become harder, drugs and alcohol usage have shot through the roof and this has all led to party-goers just being in it for the potential screw at 2am in the pub toilets.
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