Public is furious over fitness studio's pole dancing classes for five-year-olds
which public claims 'will make children more likely to end up in porn' industry. All this hype is adding to the temperatdure after a fitness studio is introducing pole dancing lessons for children as young as five years old.
Instructor Kristy Craig has insisted the classes are focused on fitness but a child psychologist has warned that parents should be conscious of pole dancing's association with stripping and the sex industry. Girls and boys aged between five and 12 have already been enrolled in the controversial classes at the Twisted Grip Dance and Fitness studio in Duncan, British Columbia.
Craig, a certified fitness and aerobics instructor, said she introduced the classes in response to demand from her adult clients: 'My existing students were asking about it for their children. They were saying: "My daughter plays on my pole at home all the time. I'd love her to actually learn how to do things properly and not hurt herself." They have no association with it or think there is anything wrong or bad about it. That's an adult putting that on them.’
The instructor said the classes were focused on the gymnastic and circus acrobatic elements of pole dancing, and that girls and boys attending the sessions were not taught 'adult' moves.
But child psychologist Derek Swain told CTV News he feared introducing young girls to pole dancing could make them more likely to join the sex industry in later life.
'There would be that potential and that is something of concern because we know that people in the adult industry are out recruiting in colleges and universities, as well as attempting to recruit in high schools. That temptation would certainly be there, and for someone who already has those skills it would be an easy transition.”
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