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Almost 50% of my dance partners offer an arm raised to about nose level and seem to expect me to duck under it whilst somehow looking artistic and graceful. Usually I can feel myself taking the whole weight of the man's arm as I raise it to an appropriate level.
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Interesting. As I understood it, guys are supposed to raise the handhold to indicate/lead a turn, and then girls are supposed to take over and place it at a comfortable level for them to turn under. Perhaps this reduces the problem of men raising the handhold too high, or too quickly, and putting their partners off balance?
Incidentaly, when dancing with shorter partners, I regularly have to turn under my own arm at about nose level. I was taught that the way to do this gracefully is to bend the knees to attain the correct height, and then perform the spin
at that height. Worth trying?