To be clear, I have no personal axe to grind with the grinding culture. I am neither a moral conservative, nor a fuddy-duddy, nor a dance prescriptivist.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) - Arapahoe High School has banned a popular type of dancing at its homecoming dance: grinding. Grinding or front-to-back dancing is popular at many school.

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More and more teens are "just saying no" to the "grinding" dirty dancing trend Aug. 16, 2011 -- Jenna Mourey has a singular move to ward off unwanted attention on the dance floor. "A guy comes up ...

The issue came to a head at last Saturday's dance, the first of the year, when half a dozen boys were asked to leave after they refused to stop grinding despite repeated warnings. About 150 of 350 ...

Meanwhile, my girlfriends were bumping and grinding and getting low and doing all sorts of crazy things with their bodies. They danced/chatted/flirted with a bunch of cute men. I watched. With envy.