Christians and pole dance/pole fitness

[Truth_Faith13]

I doubt anyone finds it scandalous to take a ballet class or go see a ballet performance, even though in the 1800s ballet dancers were considered the equivalent of prostitutes.

And certainly no one finds it scandalous to see a female actress perform, even though in the 1600s actresses were considered the equivalent of prostitutes. (All of the roles in Elizabethan plays were filled by men, including the female roles.)

Nor do they find it scandalous for a woman to walk around with her hair uncovered, even though in Paul’s time only prostitutes did that.

Like it or not, some of what is at one point considered “inherently sexual” just isn’t.

I agree

 

[chevalier]

I can see your point but I disagree with your logic since I am guessing you celebrate Christmas and Christmas has pagan origins. In fact most of the traditions are pagan in origin not just the day itself.

That is actually debatable.

Yes, pole dancing probably was invented as sexual in nature (I’m guessing, I don’t know) but that doesn’t mean pole fitness has to be sexual or sinful because the origin was. The same way none of us would say Christmas is a pagan festival.

I’m not arguing that it has to be or that it is. However, I’m arguing that it may well be, and, consequently, because it may be, one has to actually ask, for real, and answer for real, whether it is. The effect of this necessity is that the question cannot legitimately be skipped.

Like it or not, some of what is at one point considered “inherently sexual” just isn’t.

To be sexual a thing doesn’t have to be inherently sexual. It can also be sexual in a non-inhertent way, even though the person who does the thing may claim there is no sexual intention in it (depending on what that person defines as sexual and how good the person’s self-awareness is).

Nudity isn’t inherently sexual, and proponents of nude or partially nude sunbathing will often claim it’s others who sexualize it and they themselves don’t, only to confess, a while later, that they enjoy the looks their nakedness gets them from the opposite sex. And that is an inconsistent claim, even though the inconsistency may be somewhat innocent due to the claimant’s lack of self-awareness. A similar situation may arise with regard to pole dancing.

 

[Athanasiy]

I remember very long ago went to a big city and in the evening after watching football I looked in the night bar where the girls were dancing.
Some men who were there as a sign of ecstasy poured money on them.
Looking at these girls, it seemed to me that when they were swimming in money they would never be able to work for a modest salary, and to imagine such a girl as someone’s wife is very difficult, being spoiled by fans and fast-easy-money.
In the past, these girls began as dancers, and sportswomen, but the economic difficulties have convinced them to become just striptease dancers.
Of course, they are not prostitutes and some of them are married and are raising children, but I’m talking about the temptation that lies in wait for a girl who started dancing like an athlete.
Then it can turn into temptation, a girl one day can stand at intersection of roads and the devil here at once will offer all the riches in return for the profession of stripper.