It's Great Exercise

A new exercise fad has hit London, and its caused controversy. Many women have enrolled and taken up pole dancing as a way to keep fit. I've seen my share of women dancing on poles and I can say, without a doubt, its good exercise.

Now with that aside, there are already objections by some feminists to the trend.

"If you come from a secure economic background and you've got education then it isn't such a big thing to play with sex tourism. If you don't have these your status is very different," said Paula Black, a sociology lecturer at Sussex University

So, its ok to do if you have a societally deemed high background, but not if you don't? That has to be one of the most ass backwards statements I've ever read. That is speaking in terms of class differentiation between people. I don't believe in discrinating against people because of their social and economic backgrounds.

"The latest craze in erotic dancing doesn't change the way men look at women's bodies as sexual objects and puts pressure on women to achieve in yet another area."

As far as image is concerned, and portraying women as "sex objects" I have to give a big fuck-you to whoever says that. Men are sex objects too. Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Sean Connery, George Clooney, that elven dude from LOTR... The list can go on forever. BOTH SEXES ARE SEX OBJECTS!!! Its why humans have procreated. Man finds woman sexy, woman finds man sexy in return. Eventually they might even... have SEX!!! By doing so, humans procreate, keeping our species thriving.

These women who are taking the pole dancing classes are normal women, who are doing it to stay in shape, and maybe even to add a little spice to their sex lives. No harm in that.

When it comes to issues like sexual discrimination in the workplace, sexual harassment, then open your mouth and object. I'll be right there at your side preaching against the injustice. Do not complain about women being sexy, and enjoying it. To go against that would turn our western society into one envisioned by the Taliban. Cover up women, they are sexy, and we couldn't possibly have that.

So women, men, men who used to be women, women who used to be men: if you want to dance on a pole, for exercise, to be sexy, go ahead and do it if you enjoy it and it makes you feel good. If it doesn't, then don't do it. If you want to, and anyone says you shouldn't--tell them to fuck off. If you don't want to, and someone says you should--you can tell them to fuck off too.

(...gets down from his soapbox)