Reply To: Mixed Seating

I would like to try and take this topic back to the original questions, in what public situations (shi’urim, concerts, buses, smachos, etc..) is mixed seating allowed and not allowed and what is the mekor if it’s not allowed?

But, on the topic of weddings, I have been to many mixed weddings. At most of the mixed weddings I’ve been to, the single boys and girls sat on opposite sides of the dance floor (boys on the choson side and girls on the kalah side). The only mixed seatings are for married couples who want to eat with their spouses, and the cousins sit together because they don’t really know the friends. Is that really much worse than a Shabbos table, or should a Shabbos table not be mixed too?

And with regard to dancing, I’ll be honest, I’ve never seen women dancing at a wedding, even when I was on the women’s side. All I have seen is a bunch of women walking around slowly the outside circle. That’s about as exciting as the women hanging around at the after shul kiddush on Shabbos morning. I understand men should not be staring at women, but assuming that the singles are not mixing with each other because they are on separate sides, are women walking around slowly the outer circle a reason to separate men from their wives? If that’s the case, maybe men shouldn’t be allowed in most shopping areas on Erev Shabbos because you see just as many women walking just as fast.