# Government-Sponsored Pole Dancing Classes For 11-Year-Olds. With Newslink **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-sponsored-pole-dancing-classes-for-11-year-olds-with-newslink/421707 "2007-10-05T23:56:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-sponsored-pole-dancing-classes-for-11-year-olds-with-newslink/421707/1 "2007-10-05T23:56:50Z")
Every time I think Amuurrica is the nuttiest spot of the Terrestrial Sphere, some European academic or politician gets a nifty idea, & I realize that what we do is sweet, sweet sanity in contrast. Get this–a city-funded course teaching eleven year old girls how to pole dance. Like a stripper. > **[WalesOnline: News, sport, weather and events from across Wales](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/)** > > WalesOnline - News, sport, weather, politics, business, jobs and lifestyle in Wales. > [@](#): > > CHILDREN as young as 11 are being offered pole dancing classes as part of a council-run initiative. > > The activity, normally associated with sexy girls dancing in their underwear, is being offered to adults and youngsters at St David’s Hall. > > Parents have expressed their outrage at the sessions, deeming it inappropriate for children of that age. > > But Cardiff council insists the classes are suitable for all the family. [http://www.newsdaily.com/Quirks/UPI-1-20071005-13101400-bc-wales-poledancing.xml](http://www.newsdaily.com/Quirks/UPI-1-20071005-13101400-bc-wales-poledancing.xml) > [@](#): > > City backs off pole dancing for children > > CARDIFF, Wales, Oct. 5 (UPI) – City leaders in Cardiff, Wales, withdrew support for pole-dancing classes for preteens after angry parents equated it with teaching striptease. > The Cardiff City Council apologized to the public and revamped the city’s Web site to remove a suggestive photo of a woman wrapped around a pole that was used to advertise the classes to children as young as 11, the South Wales Echo reported Friday. What? The Cardiff Council politicos can’t find interns? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-sponsored-pole-dancing-classes-for-11-year-olds-with-newslink/421707/2 "2007-10-06T01:36:54Z")
All they needed to do was call it Gymnastics and refer to it as the Vertical Bar routine, and they would have been fine… ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-sponsored-pole-dancing-classes-for-11-year-olds-with-newslink/421707/3 "2007-10-06T11:58:19Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] All they needed to do was call it Gymnastics and refer to it as the Vertical Bar routine, and they would have been fine… [/QUOTE] [del]Set to 80s Pop music, of course.[/del] **ArchiveGuy**? Just how often do you watch gymnastics on TV? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-sponsored-pole-dancing-classes-for-11-year-olds-with-newslink/421707/4 "2007-10-06T12:38:17Z")
People keep asking, “What about the children. Who’ll think of the CHILLLLDRUNNN???” Well, SOMEBODY was thinking of the children … ---
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-sponsored-pole-dancing-classes-for-11-year-olds-with-newslink/421707/5 "2007-10-06T14:18:39Z")
OK, so I actually take these type of pole dancing classes in the States, but my “gym” is limited to 18+ and they make you show ID. Perfect. It means I don’t have to deal with giggling preteens in my classes. My opinion: pole dancing is awesome for all involved (the women taking the class get fit, the husbands/boyfriends/lovers don’t mind), but leave it to the women, not girls. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-sponsored-pole-dancing-classes-for-11-year-olds-with-newslink/421707/6 "2007-10-06T14:30:53Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Every time I think Amuurrica is the nuttiest spot of the Terrestrial Sphere, some European academic or politician gets a nifty idea, & I realize that what we do is sweet, sweet sanity in contrast. [/quote] Yeah right. Don’t you have a country to bomb? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-sponsored-pole-dancing-classes-for-11-year-olds-with-newslink/421707/7 "2007-10-06T16:17:49Z")
Maybe the good councillors of Cardiff Council were just thinking that this would give the young girls a skill for later in life, thereby cutting youth unemployment figures! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/government-sponsored-pole-dancing-classes-for-11-year-olds-with-newslink/421707/8 "2007-10-06T17:02:09Z")
[QUOTE=Dottygumdrop] Maybe the good councillors of Cardiff Council were just thinking that this would give the young girls a skill for later in life [/QUOTE] I was just about to say the same thing. At what age does lap dance training start? 16? 17? Do they need any volunteers? 🆒