Comments on: C'mon girls, shake your money maker! http://mamavision.com/2007/10/16/pole-dancing-for-kids/ Love me or hate me I'm going to be here. Wed, 16 May 2012 04:46:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rhan http://mamavision.com/2007/10/16/pole-dancing-for-kids/#comment-4412 Rhan Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:10:55 +0000 http://mamavision.com/2007/10/16/pole-dancing-for-kids/#comment-4412 The problem I have with it is the negative-sexually charged connotations pole-dancing has. The word 'ploe-dancing' evokes images of scantily clad young women using the pole as a phallic symbol. Whether sexual moves are learnt or not, the connotations themselves are harmful. Little girls will start to see a vague similarity of what they learn and what proper pole-dancers do, just through the same titles. I am worried that this may encourage them to think that pole-dancing in clubs is 'fun' and normal. I am not knocking pole-dancers, I am in agreeance with what Sarah stated about the poverty and desparation. However, I don't really agree with belly-dancing either. It is a valid form of self-expression, but shouldn't the children be told to wait a few years until they are mature enough to understand the sometimes negative connotations? There are plenty of other fun activities children can do, so perhaps parents need to carefully consider the alternatives. The parent makes the decision for their child and should therefore be held accountable for it. I would never subject my child to pole-dancing classes or belly-dancing. If they wanted to do gymnastics, modelling or ballet, I would make them wait until they are mature enough to deal with the harsh critisims that they will most certainly recieve. That is just my opinion. The problem I have with it is the negative-sexually charged connotations pole-dancing has. The word ‘ploe-dancing’ evokes images of scantily clad young women using the pole as a phallic symbol.

Whether sexual moves are learnt or not, the connotations themselves are harmful. Little girls will start to see a vague similarity of what they learn and what proper pole-dancers do, just through the same titles. I am worried that this may encourage them to think that pole-dancing in clubs is ‘fun’ and normal. I am not knocking pole-dancers, I am in agreeance with what Sarah stated about the poverty and desparation.

However, I don’t really agree with belly-dancing either. It is a valid form of self-expression, but shouldn’t the children be told to wait a few years until they are mature enough to understand the sometimes negative connotations? There are plenty of other fun activities children can do, so perhaps parents need to carefully consider the alternatives.

The parent makes the decision for their child and should therefore be held accountable for it. I would never subject my child to pole-dancing classes or belly-dancing. If they wanted to do gymnastics, modelling or ballet, I would make them wait until they are mature enough to deal with the harsh critisims that they will most certainly recieve.

That is just my opinion.

]]> By: jess http://mamavision.com/2007/10/16/pole-dancing-for-kids/#comment-4411 jess Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:33:09 +0000 http://mamavision.com/2007/10/16/pole-dancing-for-kids/#comment-4411 Ok im from New Zealand and here that would be a form sexual abuse. I mean what does the parent wish to gain from this? To me it screams that something dodgy is going on in this childs life for her to be learning such a idiotic thing. Ok im from New Zealand and here that would be a form sexual abuse. I mean what does the parent wish to gain from this? To me it screams that something dodgy is going on in this childs life for her to be learning such a idiotic thing.

]]> By: Nathalie http://mamavision.com/2007/10/16/pole-dancing-for-kids/#comment-4380 Nathalie Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:56:25 +0000 http://mamavision.com/2007/10/16/pole-dancing-for-kids/#comment-4380 Not sure if they have this in the states but back when I was a kid we had jungle gyms outside in the play yard with a pole you could slide down. My friends and I had competitions to see who could hold themselves up the longest without sliding down . We also had another competition on who could climb up the pole and who could hang upside down. Isn't that what this course is? Sad that children need monitored and structured activities but seems to me that it isn't about sex and stripping, it is about structured/monitored activity since most kids today seem to lack imagination or the parents are too paranoid their kids will get abducted and molested to play in the play yard. This is just how I interpret it. Not sure if they have this in the states but back when I was a kid we had jungle gyms outside in the play yard with a pole you could slide down. My friends and I had competitions to see who could hold themselves up the longest without sliding down . We also had another competition on who could climb up the pole and who could hang upside down. Isn’t that what this course is? Sad that children need monitored and structured activities but seems to me that it isn’t about sex and stripping, it is about structured/monitored activity since most kids today seem to lack imagination or the parents are too paranoid their kids will get abducted and molested to play in the play yard. This is just how I interpret it.

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