>> Then we run into problems with the word "tough", since that's
>>traditionally associated with men.
>
>(and little old ladies)
? Well, I suppose my landlady's tough, but she's by no means little. Is
92 or so considered old?
>
> >As to Demi's neck muscles, they're
>>there all right and they look good, but look at a ballet dancer's neck
>>muscles and you see pretty much the same thing and I wouldn't consider them
>>tough in the sense that we're talking about here.
>
>I don't know about that - I consider dancers very tough, very much within
>the sense we're talking about. No, they're not fighters, but they
>definitely have the muscles, physical endurance, resistance to pain, and
>mental concentration skills we've been discussing. Not to mention
>flexibility!
>
>But then again, I used to dance, and I have some very small idea of what
>goes into it as a profession.
Truth to tell, I almost didn't put that part in. Ballet dancers just seem
to have the leanest, longest necks of anybody that came to mind.
-Sean
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