Stripping or Sport: The Stigma of Pole Dance – TATLER
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nbsp; Being a teenage pole dancer comes with a lot of stigma. Despite Lakeside’s academic reputation, most of its student body participates in a sport, either through school, recreationally, or on a club team. Our impressive sports teams, such as the girls volleyball team, the swim and dive teams, and the tennis team, have won
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Pole dance - Wikiwand
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Pole Dancing Without Nudity or G-Strings. Just Express Yourself. - The New York Times
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Whether you like it or not, pole dancing perpetuates sexism
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Science lecturer Dr Rebecca Slane swaps lab coat for stripper heels as she opens pole dancing academy
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Oh so you are (not) a stripper?
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Pole Dancing's Heritage Deserves To Be Respected, Not Sanitised - Glorious Sport
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Cassia W. '23 – TATLER
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No stripping required: Pole dancing goes for the gold - The Washington Post
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Pole dancing officially made a sport and could now be included in the OLYMPICS
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Pole dancing is freedom of expressing feelings through dancing, Lupit, Lupit pole
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Inside the pole dancing championships where strip club entertainment has become an acrobatic tournament held around the world
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A Woman's Right to Pole Dance - Breaking the Stigma - Pole Fit Freedom
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A Woman's Right to Pole Dance - Breaking the Stigma - Pole Fit Freedom