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18-02-2016, 07:31 AM | #1 | |||
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..I have to say that I didn't actually watch the programme but apparently the topic has sparked debate with an example of one viewer commenting ‘Anybody else concerned by what looks to be child pornography on ITV #thismorning?' and another comment of, 'They’re trying to disguise it as “pole fitness” to make it sound better. No, you’re encouraging your child to pole dance.'
..anyways, it is a great form of fitness/exercise, I've done some myself and felt great... but obviously because of the associations/and some thought processes being 'inappropriate' for children, I thought that it would be interesting to see forum thoughts/opinions...yay or nay to children pole dancing as a form of fitness/dance...?... Earlier this week we reported on the backlash against a fitness instructor offering pole dancing classes to children. And while the wrong-not-wrong debate rumbles on, ITV’s This Morning has waded into the controversy by featuring a live demonstration of the ‘sport’ by children as young as eight. Dressed in black shorts, pink tied-up crop tops and gold glittery bow ties, eight-year-old Tilly-May and Timea and 11-year-old Mia took to the pole to showcase the class that has sparked such a debate. The segment on Tuesday’s show featured a discussion about whether or not pole ‘fitness’ is a suitable exercise for children, after psychologist Emma Kenny had earlier suggested it sexualised youngsters. The girls were there, alongside two of their mothers, Lorraine Handbury and Lisa Grosse, and instructor Zoe Hardy, to defend the ‘sport’, which they claim is purely a fun way to keep fit. But as they demonstrated their complicated moves, viewers were taking to Twitter to vent their outrage. ‘Anybody else concerned by what looks to be child pornography on ITV #thismorning?' One viewer wrote, while another confessed to feeling ‘totally uneasy watching it.’ A concerned parent voiced her worries by tweeting: 'These eight year old [sic] are going to grow up and realise what it is and wonder why their parents let them do it.’ And another added: 'They’re trying to disguise it as “pole fitness” to make it sound better. No, you’re encouraging your child to pole dance.' https://uk.style.yahoo.com/post/1394...ter-showcasing ...from the pics in the article, I can't see any clothing that was inappropriate in any way to children's dance/exercise etc... Last edited by Ammi; 18-02-2016 at 07:31 AM. |
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18-02-2016, 08:15 AM | #2 | ||
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I don't see the problem with it as a form of fitness / gynastics, but then...
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18-02-2016, 08:20 AM | #3 | |||
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Its sick and twisted.
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18-02-2016, 08:22 AM | #4 | ||
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The actual "dancing" / using the pole in general, has absolutely nothing inherently sexual about it. It uses a lot of core muscles and looks like great exercise. In that sense, the "sexualised" aspect is entirely in the eye of the beholder / associations with stripping... if you take it out of that context, it's no different from any other apparatus-based gymnastics. |
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18-02-2016, 08:31 AM | #5 | |||
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..and I agree about the actual dancing using core muscles and being a great form of exercise...anything and any form of dance can be sexualised if that's how it's portrayed, but this isn't portrayed in any way as that... |
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18-02-2016, 09:07 AM | #6 | |||
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Has pole dancing ever been associated with anything other than erotic dancing? If not then why are they showing kids doing it on TV
At a minimum, its playing to the fantasies of all the perverts out there |
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18-02-2016, 09:11 AM | #7 | ||
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18-02-2016, 09:14 AM | #8 | |||
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I expect the parents are trying to be edgy and different as the kids could do gymnastics with pretty much the same result fitness and dance wise. You can't really get away from the associations of pole dancing no matter how much any one protests, the outfits were fine in my view, though I have seen them described as hot pants and crop tops, they look more like shorts and a shirt to me
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18-02-2016, 09:16 AM | #9 | |||
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18-02-2016, 09:17 AM | #10 | |||
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I find it a bit weird I have to say
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18-02-2016, 09:17 AM | #11 | |||
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I saw it and as a mom of a 12 year old daughter I was surprised any mom would want her daughter to get 'fit' in that way,the mother claimed that's all it was a 'fitness excercise' well I can think of plenty of ways for our kids to keep fit other than fawning round a pole.the clothes were also pretty dodgy.
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18-02-2016, 09:20 AM | #12 | |||
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18-02-2016, 09:21 AM | #13 | |||
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18-02-2016, 09:25 AM | #14 | |||
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I didn't know you had a daughter called lacey Cherie
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18-02-2016, 09:26 AM | #15 | |||
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18-02-2016, 09:27 AM | #16 | |||
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18-02-2016, 09:31 AM | #17 | |||
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At any rate I expect TM knew this would create lots of publicity,no doubt it will be debated on LW today
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18-02-2016, 09:31 AM | #18 | ||
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Meh, this is just an extension of the women who do it 'to keep fit' rather than admitting they just want to learn erotic dancing
Completely wrong for kids.
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18-02-2016, 10:05 AM | #19 | |||
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18-02-2016, 10:15 AM | #20 | |||
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Pole dancing is a gymnastic dance and its been going on a lot longer than the pole dancing girls in sex clubs (Youtube Chinese poll danicing). Its absolutely massive for male pole dancers both here and around the world. We have a good friend who goes to championships in China and Russia and to watch him dance on the poll is like watching a gymnastic ballerina.
I don't know if its got into this years Olympics but if it doesn't get in this one it will get in the next one.
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18-02-2016, 10:25 AM | #21 | ||
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I have no children obviously but for me it was uncomfortable to watch. I accept they had been doing a show and that was why they had white tops on with 'gold' bow ties too. I found it odd in a way,they call it pole fitness but I think it was more as to performing publicly than getting fit,I felt like you, other ways may be more appropriate for the ages these girls were, not this. |
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18-02-2016, 10:51 AM | #22 | ||
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I'm not against it as a fitness exercise but I don't think it's something that children should be doing.
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18-02-2016, 10:54 AM | #23 | |||
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What's with gold bow ties, is it like a stringfellows thing?
It used to creep me out when my girl was at primary and pink 'playboy' clothes, bags and stationary were the thing, thought that was bad enough. I can see it's an attempt to desexualise pole dancing, but I'm not convinced, I cringed my way through it.
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18-02-2016, 11:53 AM | #24 | ||
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Not that I have seen many people fullstop poledancing mind ( )
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18-02-2016, 02:40 PM | #25 | ||
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Whoever described it as "child pornography" is a moron.However it is abit weird.It is one skill that you would'nt want your daughter to have at a young age incase they decided on it as a career in later life.They might get really into it and want a job as a pole dancer.
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