Page 1 of Poledancing - Am I being prudish, or not?

The current edition of TV Choice magazine has a christmas catalogue from Additions Direct which features the following item in the children`s toys section:

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Peekaboo pole dancing kit: 3-piece chrome-plated pole dancing kit [with] dance guide, instructional DVD, Peekaboo garter and dance dollars.

The picture features a young girl (looks mid-teens) in hot-pants and t-shirt, with one leg over the pole [sic], wearing the included peekaboo garter, stuffed with the included "dance dollars".

Now, is it just me, or is this not just a bit sick?
Will anyone be buying one for their daughter, niece, of friend`s daughter this Christmas?

(Blurb on the back page says that Additons Direct is a trading division of Littlewoods Shop Direct Home Shopping Ltd, Liverpool, L70 IAB).

This item was edited on Tuesday, 5th December 2006, 16:48

Tesco got in a bit of fuss for this. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=412195&in_page_id=17
I now see on thier web site it says it is for adults only.

Dr 42%er


It`s not easy being different. It`s not easy being cool....but somehow I manage....

No, I don`t think you`re being prudish at all.

The sexualisation of children and early teens, often for commercial gain - with the high street being as guilty as anyone - is one of the main problems with 21st century Britain. It`s downright creepy as well... :(


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On a similar theme, is it only me who thinks it`s sick that all today`s young girls want to wear the Playboy emblem on watches/jewelery/clothes etc?

Playboy = bunny girls = sexual exploitation, surely? And the whole package is aimed at under 15s. :/

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Hmmm...the paedo pole?

No, I think you`re right to flag it up

No, my gf isn`t prudish at all, but just the other day we were going past a shop, and she said how weird it seemed to have playboy merchandise aimed at girls in the shop window.

maybe the idea is that by women wearing the symbol, it`s bringing power to women, by them err um, guess I don`t have a career in marketing ahead ;)

And yeh, the poledancing for kids thing is very odd.

Al

Im no prude at all but seeing this pole dancing kit for kids is just so wrong! We live in a strange society.....everything and everyone has to adhere to `political correctness` but it`s deemed ok for leading supermarkets to stock these `peado fantasies`!! >:(




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Ahh now this is what Christmas is all about. Young children dancing provocatively around a pole whilst mum and dad put fake money in her garter belt and mutter comments like "mmmm lovely"

I personally can`t help but think about those chefs who claim they got the bug when they got their first Fisher Price toy oven at Xmas...

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This item was edited on Wednesday, 6th December 2006, 08:06

I have an adult online store and first saw this type of pole a couple of years ago. They were at that time aimed toward the adult market.
The idea of a child pole dancing is disturbing enough, but to add the garter and toy money just makes this item one of the sickest products to be mass marketed that I have heard of.

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