[LilithSamael]

Thanks for your feedback Aviva, I totally concur. While I understand people feeling like it’s unfair or discrimination, I do think the intent is not to let former or current strippers have an advantage. Despite the many protests here that strip club girls don’t always know a lot of pole, (11 years for me in the clubs but I’ve been retired for more than a decade), the reality is the experience as a “pro” always makes an impact. It’s just in the way we perform, like you mentioned with the shirt thing. Of course you’d make it into your routine, that’s performer 101 to us. I’ve got friends who diligently study pole in studios and who can do killer inversions I could never do even when I was younger and in the clubs, but they still want to watch me dance and marvel at the smooth execution of movement, being able to go so slow (because that takes a lot of confidence) and to bringing on the ‘sexy’. That’s why everyday women get into pole. People can talk about it academically or athletically all they want, but I know the different look in a woman’s eyes who’s watching me dance; I know the difference between a woman who’s attracted to me if she gay or bi, but I can also see when a woman just wants to know the ‘secret’ to being able to feel empowered via her sexuality too. Just my two cents. Pole on ladies, you rock!