Summary
Sam Remmer, a dance school teacher from Plymouth, has started offering pole dance classes for girls starting at twelve. She claims the the pole dancing is not supposed to be sex-related, but that it makes the children fitter and stronger. Opinions on the subject are divided. Conservatives warn that it will worsen the sexualization of today’s youth, while others think that is a valid form of exercise and that it will boost the young girls’ self confidence. Remmer requires that adults accompany the children during their first session. She has offered similar classes to young girls before and she has received death threats because of that.
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I think that while pole dancing has a very strong connection with strip clubs, people are somewhat overreacting by assuming that the lessons promote the sexualization of children. A pole can be considered just another fitness equipment and as long as the children are not encouraged to make the dancing “sexy”, I think it could be a different and fun way to get young children to do sports. However, I still wonder whether there really is no other way to prompt young girls to be active. Pole dancing does have a strong association with exotic dancing, which can not be good for girls to learn at that age.
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