
But at least you did your part by getting it started.Researchers might have found the source of a supposed alien broadcast discovered nearly 50 years ago. Whether they decide to water it and let it grow is their choice. You can't change a way a person thinks but you can plant a seed for them to ponder.

Even if you decided to delete that person from your social media, at least writing an educational response could positively educate someone who otherwise might have not seen your perspective whether it's the original poster or others who share differing opinions you're not aware of. Over time, I've learned that my response to the situation is the most important and influential action that I have control over to initiate a change in another's perspective. I couldn't see the backlash she received but I can use my imagination as I've dealt with many similar situations myself. Sorry didn't mean to get on a tangent here but I think there is more to it when situations like Lyme's come about where the stereotypes of pole dancing exist. I think it's time people start associating the term pole dancing with more and to do that we as a community need to stand up and continue to keep our message clear and concise. If we're truly commited to paving the way for "pole dancing" as a sport, then serious consideration needs to be made in how the sport is represented. So in fact, not pole dancing what so ever. Another point, wouldn't vertical gymnastics qualify pole dancing in the gymnastic sport division? We would therefore be combined with gymnastics just a division that utilizes the pole. I think we're strong enough as a community to stand alone without the sugar coated "vertical gymnastics" term that would please those who have a problem with "pole dancing". Is our own Olympic organization ashamed of using the term "pole dancing"? I know there is a reason for every action but as a supporter of "pole dancing", I want to see "pole dancing" in the future Olympics- not vertical gymnastics. This confuses me because it makes me think of gymnastics, not pole dancing. What irritates me the most is the category or name of the sport the organization is pushing for entrance into the Olympics: Vertical Gymnastics. All the foundational pieces exist for the puzzle. There is an organization formed around specifically defining all the requirements for pole in the Olympics- which is great. I think we're years away from actually having pole dancing as an Olympic sport, which is fine because as a community we're not 100% there in defining who we are as a sport anyway. That does throw an interesting curve ball into the debate of Pole & the Olympics. so yeah, I say, go ahead, encourage your daughter to be the Michelle Kwan of Pole Dance, and watch her grow up to be a strong, self-assured, capable woman whom others look up post: hehehehe naked olympians. who wouldn't want their daughter to aspire to be an Olympic athlete? That's a pretty ambitious goal and takes hard work, dedication, sacrifice, discipline, confidence. I am equally confused by those saying "would you want your daughter to aspire to this?" Um. That doesn't make it less valid in any way.

Stripping is just a different style of pole dance, in my opinion, where the focus is more on entertainment than athleticism.

(Plenty have already mentioned gymnastics - I throw in Figure Skating, too, as another sport that incorporates dance, skimpy outfits and tricks that require enormous athletic skill to do safely.) What's more, it's entirely possible (in fact, easy! common!) to do a beautiful and impressive pole routine without removing a single article of clothing.īesides, need we be reminded that the original Olympians competed completely naked? Come on, now.Īnd of course by saying strippers are the minority, I don't mean we don't embrace them or are trying to push them out of the sport in any way. I would like to see pole in the Olympics because it's not that different from a lot of other Olympic sports.
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I hope some of the naysayers realize that thanks to the explosion in popularity of pole fitness, and all the studios that have opened in response to this demand, **the number of women doing pole dance for fitness FAR outnumber the strippers.** Professional strippers are the minority in this community. I just posted this to the Facebook thread, but reposting here.
