Posted
11/11/2004 05:42:00 PM
by Douglas
If British girls aren't going to learn how to
pole dance in school, then where?
A plan to teach British children the risque art of pole dancing, usually the preserve of strip bars, has been cancelled after an uproar from child welfare groups, the teacher said.
Dance teacher Sarah Davis announced pole dancing classes for children over 12 at her studio in Birmingham, arguing it was a demanding activity which would improve fitness.
The routine -- at least, the version seen in late-night joints -- usually involves a scantily-clad female draping her limbs around a pole in a sequence of highly suggestive poses.
But the children's charity Childline, which campaigns on behalf of abused and at-risk youngsters, condemned the lessons.
As long as it's
fitness training and not
vocational training, what's the problem?