Pole Dancing

[Pandabaire]

I'm 2 hours north of Chicago - too long of a drive to be going to a fitness class! lol

[Pandabaire]

Oh, and I don't equate stripper and whore at all - in fact, I've gone to strip clubs to cheer the gals on and have fun....it's a lot more sexual in nature to men than it is to other women really...sometimes the girls are bored as hell and I can tell! They seem to get actually fired up when a group of women walk into the club. Every one of them I've met and talked to was very nice to me and open to talking about whatever...I realized it's just a job for these girls...many take it so they can work while their kids are asleep.

[A*O]

Originally Posted by Lani

It also gave me an excuse to buy camo hot pants and some new knee high boots.

I think this is where the confusion arises

[Lani]

Okay as the girl who started this debate let me give my 5 cents worth.

Yeah I've fassinated by strippers. I have a friend who is a bulesque dancer and another who works in a strip club. Hell the minute I turned 18 it was one of my favourite places to go to. And yes, part of the appeal of doing a pole dancing class is to learn to feel sexy, but the point is you do it for yourself and not for others. When I was a teenager I had the worst self esteem and for once I'm coming out of my shell and doing something that is fun that also gives you an excuse to be sexy (the camo hot pants and the knee high boots for example).Its the same thing with doing the Carmen Electra DVD's, hell its the same as doing any kind of dancing. For me its learning to be comfortable with myself and gaining back that confidence I lost. I understand the conotations that go along with pole dancing, believe me - In the past week I've had to defend myself to almost every woman that I know. I understand that it isnt everyones idea of fun - work out or otherwise. But really, when you're in class you're not infront of men, you're not up on stage, you're learning moves like any dancer would in a class full of women taught by a woman having a giggle while you're strutting your stuff. Even the end of course performance is only done for the people you've done the class with.

Its not like any of us are about to hit the stage in any gentlemans club any time soon.

Oh and for the record, Pole Dancing is a recognised competative sport.

[barbiedoll25]

That's cool. It doesn't matter to me. I just wanted to argue the other side just for the hell of it.