https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r A study on feminism and the sexualisation of women en-us 2017-03-02 09:53:32 UTC 2026-01-28 23:54:41 UTC hello@padlet.com callumarmstrong94 https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/158903802 - Originated from Indian sport called 'Mallakhamb' over 800 years ago
- In 1920's travelling circuses would feature pole dancing acts
- Since 1980's pole dancing has been combined with striptease routines, go go dancing and lap dancing
- Recently it has taken the form of a competitive sport and a means of exercise ]]> 2017-03-09 09:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/158903802 callumarmstrong94 https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/158905552 - A fun and different way to keep fit
- A way for women to reclaim their sexuality and express themselves
- Ever growing social media/mainstream media presence]]> 2017-03-09 09:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/158905552 callumarmstrong94 https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/158907834 - Vertical Fitness class at The Knights Templar Gym in Baldock, Hertfordshire
- I found it physically challenging, requires a lot of core strength
- Movement content was very sensual, mainly using legs and arms to support yourself on the pole]]> 2017-03-09 09:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/158907834 callumarmstrong94 https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/158913909 - Women aged between 21 and 38
- Including students, housewives, mothers etc.
- Reasons for taking the class included; keeping fit, gaining upper body strength, to have fun etc.
- The participants of the class were predominantly female (7) and one male (myself)]]> 2017-03-09 10:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/158913909 callumarmstrong94 https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159080741 - Many feminists argue that pole dancing promotes the objectification of women by men as it is typically found in the setting of a strip club
- They even shun it as a form of fitness or exercise because it glamorises this practice and makes it seem appealing to younger girls
- In opposition to this, new wave feminists argue that it is a way for women to reclaim their sexuality and it can't be referred to as objectification as it is a consensual act]]> 2017-03-09 18:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159080741 callumarmstrong94 https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159090370 - Wrote an essay titled 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema'
- Speaks about how in cinema women are portrayed as sexual objects for heterosexual males to gaze at and objectify
- "In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female. The determining male gaze projects its phantasy on to the female figure which is styled accordingly." (Mulvey, 1999, p. 387)
- "In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact... Women displayed as sexual object is the leit-motiff of erotic spectacle: from pin-ups to striptease, from Ziegfeld to Busby Berkeley, she holds to look, plays to and signifies male desire." (ibid)]]> 2017-03-09 18:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159090370 callumarmstrong94 https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159107537 - This music video caused controversy among feminists, as they argued that it was glamorising stripping and that sort of lifestyle and also degrading to the women involved
- It utilises Laura Mulvey's Male Gaze theory, but does so in a way that is empowering to Rihanna and the women performing the pole dancing
- It was directed by Rihanna herself, making it empowering in a sense, which would not be the case had it been directed by a male]]> 2017-03-09 19:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159107537 callumarmstrong94 https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159113498 - The opening to Madonna's 1993 world tour featured dancer Carrie Ann Inaba performing a routine topless on a tall go go pole as an opener to the show
- Madonna has always been vocal about her support of feminism so I think that her using this as an opener to her tour was done to subvert peoples views on the practice and empower those who partake in it]]> 2017-03-09 19:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159113498 callumarmstrong94 https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159116937 2017-03-09 20:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159116937 callumarmstrong94 https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159119434 2017-03-09 20:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159119434 callumarmstrong94 https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159120308 2017-03-09 20:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159120308 callumarmstrong94 https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159120902 - Mulvey, L. (1999) "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema". Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings. Leo Braudy and Marshall Cohen. New York: Oxford UP]]> 2017-03-09 20:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/callumarmstrong94/8z982lsflx0r/wish/159120902