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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone just please answer me one question- why is watching women scantily clad dancing provocatively an empowering thing? I don't see the connection. [/quote]

My question to you is why do you find it threatening?

You see scantily clad women.

I see strong women performers that have earned their rightful place in the music industry over the past 2 decades.

Women that are beautiful, talented, sexy, smart and driven and don't need to hide themselves in anyway to prove it.  Women who have faced judgement, tabloid rumors. Women who have worked hard in their careers in a male dominated field. Women that are mothers, daughters, and sisters.  Women who don't hide their heritage and stand on a stage in front of the world and proudly give their fans an amazing performance.  Women who don't feel shame for being women.

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I don't find it threatening. I am merely questioning. When you're raising young daughters trying to teach them that the world shouldn't view them as sex objects and then you have performers dancing on poles, you've got to wonder what is empowering about it. Yes, it's entertaining for adults but when you're trying to explain to kids why the singer is bending over provocatively and having the male singer simulating smacking her ass, it's a bit challenging. [/quote]

You explain to them it is a show and the dancing is very athletic. Pole dancing is really no different than trapeze show or the ribbon show Pink did. Nothing J.LO or Shakira did causes other to view them as sex objects.... that is a learned response that she has learned from her mom since she was also taught that response from her mom. [/quote]

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