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Should Young Girls Be Learning How to Pole Dance?

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If you thought pole dancing was risqué for middle-aged ladies, wait until you find out who’s doing it now.

The Up Yer Pole club in Scotland has classes for kids 16 and under – and recently admitted a 6-year-old girl to the class, the Post Chronicle reports.

But Up Yer Pole (um, the title of the class alone is questionable) denies that it is training child strippers.

The head of the studio, Pammy Cameron, describes the classes as more gymnastics-based, and "there are no sexy routines or provocative dance wear, it just so happens there's a pole involved."

And, according to the website, “This is not wiggling around a pole … Our classes do not contain pole dancing or any sexy dancing, we focus purely on pole fitness throughout our full course learning gymnastic style moves like tricks, spins and inverts."

But, wait, it gets better. The classes take place above a nightclub and are open to boys and girls.

We'd love to hear kids asking their parents for permission to go to such a class, "Mom, I'm going to take gymnastic classes and there 'just so happens' to be a pole involved."

Should Young Girls Be Learning How to Pole Dance?

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  • Serena 2012/05/02 21:31:51
    Yes, pole dancing is a great form of exercise.
    Serena
    My mom offered to take me to a pole gymnastics class when I was 14. I turned it down, but I think I should have done it. It really is great for exercise, it burns more calories than any other dance workout. Really, gymnasts use beams, body builders use weights, and pole gymnastics uses poles. I don't see it as anything else than a piece of equipment. I mean, yes, it should have an age limit of maybe 14, but it still counts as a great form of exercising, not to mention its great fun! (I went to a class when I was 19, just for fun)
  • Wicked_Memez 2011/06/23 04:46:37
    Yes, pole dancing is a great form of exercise.
    Wicked_Memez
    So long as Your a certain age like i don't know maybe older than pre teen and if your smart about.
  • PilarHernandez 2011/06/13 07:46:31
    No way -- it's not appropriate.
    PilarHernandez
    If you're teaching little girls to pole dance, then don't come later complaining about a perverted youth or teen pregnancies.
  • erin 2011/06/12 13:23:22
    No way -- it's not appropriate.
    erin
    who ever said yes, you are pigs. thats rong
  • Princesssy erin 2012/07/09 06:36:27
    Princesssy
    +1
    Its just a pole, for crying out loud. I suppose you think firemen are perverted? And playgrounds, too? Kids slide down poles there.
  • spacesocks 2011/06/11 05:00:09
    Yes, pole dancing is a great form of exercise.
    spacesocks
    The class should not be located where it is.
  • erin spacesocks 2011/06/12 13:25:09
    erin
    its rong why would you think that its right
  • Princesssy erin 2012/07/09 06:37:58
    Princesssy
    +2
    Figure skating is probably more scandelous!
  • Elonne Farral 2011/06/10 17:21:33
    No way -- it's not appropriate.
    Elonne Farral
    Aren't there other forms of dance/gymnastics/excercise that don't incorporate a pole for young children? At this age and time there is too much media influences promoting it in a sexual way. I don't believe that everyone or even anyone taking the class will use pole-dancing to generate income, but honestly, couldn't they make an age limit? The question is "Should Young Girls Be Learning How to Pole Dance?" and my answer is no. Set an age limit and all's good.
  • Elonne Farral 2011/06/10 17:21:30
    Elonne Farral
    Aren't there other forms of dance/gymnastics/excercise that don't incorporate a pole for young children? At this age and time there is too much media influences promoting it in a sexual way. I don't believe that everyone or even anyone taking the class will use pole-dancing to generate income, but honestly, couldn't they make an age limit? The question is "Should Young Girls Be Learning How to Pole Dance?" and my answer is no. Set an age limit and all's good.
  • Sam LeFay 2011/06/10 00:25:49
    Yes, pole dancing is a great form of exercise.
    Sam LeFay
    +2
    I can see how this would be an amazing form of fitness. She said she's not teaching the girls to dry hump the pole.
    I am a gymnast, and I personally would love to have a pole. The work of gravity against your body as you invert upside down and etcetera would build amazing strength in a small amount of time, not to mention that it would give you a well rounded exercise. It is actually more tiring than it looks, and would be very fun. I have nothing wrong with it, as long as the kids are wearing leotards and the like.
  • erin Sam LeFay 2011/06/12 13:26:35
    erin
    rong, no kid should know about pole dancing
  • Sam LeFay erin 2011/06/14 02:13:49
    Sam LeFay
    +1
    Your morals are different than mine. If it were my children, I would have no problem with it. Please don't say I am wrong, for you have no way of clarifying so.
  • ♥Hannah♥~GSA 2011/06/09 21:36:26
    No way -- it's not appropriate.
    ♥Hannah♥~GSA
    +1
    Pole dancing is something sexy. 6 year olds are not sexy.

    They should not be combined.
  • erin ♥Hannah... 2011/06/12 13:27:03
    erin
    lol
    your right
  • uberMAN 2011/05/02 10:42:27 (edited)
    Yes, pole dancing is a great form of exercise.
    uberMAN
    Yeh pole dancing is HOT and I like when minors show me what the can do to that pole
  • ♥Hannah... uberMAN 2011/06/09 21:36:58
    ♥Hannah♥~GSA
    +2
    Wtf is wrong with you?

    Pedo.
  • erin ♥Hannah... 2011/06/12 13:28:12
    erin
    im with you
  • erin uberMAN 2011/06/12 13:27:38
    erin
    its a 6 YEAR OLD
  • GLaDOS 2010/09/17 03:19:49
    Yes, pole dancing is a great form of exercise.
    GLaDOS
    +2
    Depends on how young, in my opinion. Of course, as a culture, we associate pole dancing with whores, strip shows, strip teases, and the like. I can actually see the physical condition that someone would have to be in to do this. And, unlike regular gymnastics, this isn't likely to give your little girls that "man" body that many little gymnasts end up with, with the really muscular upper body and slender lower.
  • Adam 2010/09/17 00:20:43
    Yes, pole dancing is a great form of exercise.
    Adam
    +3
    Depends on what actually goes on, but I'm willing to consider it as a serious bit of gymnastics if done appropriately. It certainly seems like it would be pretty tiring, and require strength, endurance, and flexibility. Make that bar horizontal instead of verticle, and give 2 of them, and you have an Olympic event. Yes, we associate it with something risque, but so what? Sports are basically controlled warfare. Those Karate classes your 6 year old are taking are based on how to kill people with your bare hands. Dancing in general, whether it's on a pole or in your 6th grade gymnasium, has its roots in showing off your sexual prowess. If there is actually no sexual imagery going on, sounds fine.
  • Soldier4Christ82 2010/09/17 00:06:50 (edited)
    No way -- it's not appropriate.
    Soldier4Christ82
    Pole dancing is for whores. It's not appropriate in public at any age, but CERTAINLY not for little girls.
  • Big Boy 2010/08/08 18:28:08
    No way -- it's not appropriate.
    Big Boy
    Belly dancing is more apporiate for 6 years olds
  • The Beatles Rule (In George... 2010/08/07 06:50:14
    No way -- it's not appropriate.
    The Beatles Rule (In George Harrison I trust
    pole dancing is for men that watch porn porn pole dancing is so gay i would rather got to the jonas brothers concert
  • Sark 2010/08/06 16:42:46
    Yes, pole dancing is a great form of exercise.
    Sark
    Hey, it's a more lucrative career than tap dancing....
  • Zoë 2010/08/06 13:04:15
    Yes, pole dancing is a great form of exercise.
    Zoë
    i wanna learn but i dont know any classes in hong kong
  • EarthGirl 2010/08/06 12:55:12
    No way -- it's not appropriate.
    EarthGirl
    WOMEN should be learning to pole dance...not girls! wtf kinda pedo question is this?
  • bob 2010/08/06 11:16:53
    Yes, pole dancing is a great form of exercise.
    bob
    +1
    Pole dancing IS a great form of excercise. It just happens to be used as a source of income for strippers. Does this make pole dancing wrong?

    Sex is GREAT for your health as well, it just happens to be used as a source of income by prostitutes. Does this make sex wrong?

    My sister is a awesome poledancer, if you ever called here a stripper to her face you would soon realise just how great of a leg muscle builder it is.
  • Soldier... bob 2010/09/17 00:02:43
    Soldier4Christ82
    +1
    So basically what you're saying is that you have no problem with childen having sex since it's a great for your health.
  • bob Soldier... 2010/09/17 00:30:25 (edited)
    bob
    No now did i say that? Please quote to me where i said that if you think i did.

    If you think pole dancing is the same as sex then you are in desperate need of sex ed.
  • Soldier... bob 2010/09/17 00:37:59
    Soldier4Christ82
    "Sex is GREAT for your health as well, it just happens to be used as a source of income by prostitutes. Does this make sex wrong?"

    The question is about a pole edancing class for children, so by saying that there's nothing wrong with sex, in the context of the question, your'e saying that it's not wrong for children to have sex.
  • bob Soldier... 2010/09/17 00:42:05
    bob
    Read carefully now, this is saying that it is ok for children to have sex.
    "It is ok for children to have sex"

    This is not saying that it is ok for children to have sex.
    "Sex is GREAT for your health as well, it just happens to be used as a source of income for prostitutes. Does this make sex wrong?"
  • Soldier... bob 2010/09/17 04:56:43
    Soldier4Christ82
    Read the QUESTION carefully. The question is talking about young girls so in the context of the QUESTION that's exactly what you're saying. Sex being wrong or not wrong is not the issue relevant to the question; the fact of the matter is that both sex and pole dancing, which is done for sexual pleasure, are developmentally inappropriate for children aside from being immoral.
  • bob Soldier... 2010/09/17 09:45:18
    bob
    Pole dancing is done for sexual pleasure? Wow your really tripping here sorry but like i said before if you can not see the difference between pole dancing and sex then you are in desperate need of sex ed.
    Good day.
  • Soldier... bob 2010/09/17 13:11:55
    Soldier4Christ82
    Figures that someone stupid enough to not only smoke marijauan, but angrily demand it's legalization instead of would be immoral enough to defend pole dancing.
  • bob Soldier... 2010/09/17 13:16:15 (edited)
    bob
    Figures that a week minded human would need either a book or an imagined superior being to dictate to him what is immoral or not and not being able to decide for him self.

    If your gonna start assuming things then why shouldn't I? ;)
  • Soldier... bob 2010/09/18 01:25:54
    Soldier4Christ82
    Are you intent on proving that you are a scumbag or something?
  • bob Soldier... 2010/09/20 07:41:13
    bob
    No it just pisses me off that this excelent form of workout which yes can easily be used in a non sexual manner and purely a form of gymnastics should be demonized because some religious idiots thinking they have moral superiority because they belive in a invisible man claim that anything to do with dancing around a pole is the equivalent of whoring your self.
  • Soldier... bob 2010/09/20 22:06:59
    Soldier4Christ82
    So I guess sex itself isn't really sexual either, since it involves excercize.
  • bob Soldier... 2010/09/21 07:42:06
    bob
    Well if thats what you think then it sucks to be you :P
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