Squibbles @ Squibbles @lemmy.ca

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That one I always assumed meant to just get your ass out on the dance floor. Not any specific form of dancing

This doesn't really answer your question but it reminded me of the following that I think is somewhat relevant.

I was listening to a podcast several years ago that was discussing a study that was done about the effects of gendered words in various languages. It was rather interesting. They did things like showed people a picture of a bridge and asked them to describe it. In languages that used a masculine gender for 'bridge' it was generally described in ways that highlighted features such as strength, solidness, etc. And for languages that used a feminine gender it tended to be described more artistically, talking about it's grace or curves etc. If I remember correctly, they even studied people fluent in both languages and the answers would vary along those same lines depending which language they were asked/responded in.