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Vegas Turns Spotlight on Pole-Dancing Competition

by BettyP | November 20, 2007 at 08:42 am

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I hesitate before selecting the `culture` category...

LAS VEGAS — Clear evidence that pole dancing has made its way out of smoke-filled strip clubs and into the heart of America's playland: "Pole-A-Palooza" 2007.

The packed JET night club in the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday hosted 25 bikini-clad contestants who showed that it takes not only beauty but incredible strength to be a winner.

Each contestant got the chance to use legs, arms and torsos to climb up, down and around a metal pole in carefully choreographed routines.

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Brian A Kennedy

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at 09:39 on November 20th, 2007

BettyP, that really is a change in cultural mores! Thanks for this.

Rob Peters

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at 10:09 on November 20th, 2007

If I take Oprah as my cultural barometer, seems like a lot of women
these days view pole-dancing as a liberating, even feminist activity. I don't really get it, personally. But it is definitely interesting to observe how society's moral standards change over time. Probably has something to do with all the online porn available, no?

BigT

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at 14:07 on November 20th, 2007

BettyP, good stuff.

Stripper Olympics, great.

sys (not verified)

at 01:34 on June 14th, 2009

In response to Rob Peters comment.....

I am a pole dancer myself and I don't watch online porn. As far as moral standards changing over time, pole dancing has been around for a very long time, it started with men actually using it as a form of exercise it was known as malakamb (that may be spelled incorrectly)

Dancing in an erotic way is old as time, if it were not for the seductive nature of dance it would not exist.

Climbing a pole in an acrobatic fashion is no where near porn, I can't see how you could even compare the two.