[christahare8111]

I’m sorry for any misunderstandings. Both my professor and myself have taken pole classes, and it most definitely wasn’t intended to sound prejudiced against poling in any form. It was, though, written in a way that presented commonly known perceptions (although some may be negative) in order to get a better understanding of how both people who have experience with pole and those who have never tried pole truly feel about it. One of my goals is to see how the perceptions of people who have never tried poling compare to what is, or was, popular ideas about pole dance/fitness. Overall, the survey wasn’t intended to try to prove anything but rather provide a better understanding of how people view pole dance/fitness.
Also, the survey is designed in such a way that presents the survey taker with questions based on their experience with pole, whether that be no experience, in a classroom, or at home. Again, I’m very sorry for the misunderstanding; I should have explained better. Thank you for taking the survey though. If there are any other issues or if there is anything else about perceptions of poling that you feel was left out of the survey, please share them. I really do appreciate the time spent on the survey and the feedback provided. I hope my explanation for why the survey is framed the way it is makes it seem much less biased. The intention was not at all to frame poling in a negative light but rather to present common positive and negative perceptions, ideas, and stereotypes of pole and compare them with people’s actual thoughts on the matter.