Performing Gender in Recreational Pole Dancing: Enabling and Constraining Factors

Jensen, Andorra Lynn; Thing, Lone Friis

doi:10.1080/00380237.2022.2066589

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“…Men who pole violate heteromasculine norms by actively participating in pole dance. Prior research has found feminized spaces can be “safe spaces” for men to explore and understand gender and sexuality—even affording men opportunities to challenge them (Adams, 2011; Christofidou, 2018; Haltom, 2021; Jensen & Thing, 2022).…”

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A pole new world: Maneuvering masculinity and sexuality among men who pole dance

Cuccolo,

Haltom

2023

Sociology Compass

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Research on cisgender men's experiences in feminized or women‐dominated sports, physical activities, and leisure time has revealed strategies men use to circumvent or maneuver stigmas to minimize negative perceptions. Pole dancing is an under‐researched activity uniquely positioned to understand dynamics of gender and sexuality. In this research dialog, we present preliminary results from 13 semi‐structured interviews with U.S. men who pole dance to understand how they navigate masculinity and sexuality in pole dancing. First, we find men very strategically disclose their pole dancing to others in the context of the activity's connections to women, gay men, and sex work. Second, we note how men who “pole” often rely on gender essentialist tropes that reinforce the assumption of natural, biological differences between men and women in attempt to legitimize their participation. Third, men who pole are aware of the potential “creepiness” of their presence in pole dance spaces and use this as an opportunity for reflection. Exploring how men rationalize their participation in pole dance is useful to understand the gender and sexual dynamics of men's presence in women‐dominated spaces and broader contemporary masculinities.

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“…For example, men in dance, cheerleading, figure skating, and baton twirling buy into a kind of masculinity that emphasizes strength‐based movements as opposed to women's lightness, timidity, and frailness (Adams, 2011; Grindstaff & West, 2006; Haltom, 2021; Haltom & Worthen, 2014). Pole dance is no different (Jensen & Thing, 2022).…”

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A pole new world: Maneuvering masculinity and sexuality among men who pole dance

Cuccolo,

Haltom

2023

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“…The idea that ironic communication is performative is based on the works of Judith Butler on gender (1988;[1990) and has informed such diverse studies of sport as exposing the performativity of statistics (Yarrow & Kranke, 2016), recreational pole dancing (Jensen & Thing, 2022), or enhancing our theoretical understanding of movement (Larsson & Quennerstedt, 2012). By adding a performative component to an idea of ironic representation, the approach relies on a process of repetition (Jackson, 2004;Larsson & Quennerstedt, 2012) termed 'stylized repetition of acts' (Butler, 2006(Butler, [1990.…”

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Middle Aged Men in Lycra and the Performative Irony of Watching Tour de France

Wagner

Nielsen

Hybholt

2023

Communication & Sport

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Middle Aged Man in Lycra (MAMIL) is a cultural phenomenon associated with a gendered and conspicuous practice that can be inclusive by attracting individuals not previously engaged in physical activities as well as exclusive due to its gender and socio-economic conformity. Inspired by the works of Linda Hutcheon and Judith Butler, we argue that the MAMIL is an ironic figure constituting a complex and multifaceted character deeply embedded in a particular cultural context. By analyzing a TV advertising spot for Tour de France 2021 which embraces the MAMIL, the purpose of this study is to illustrate how ironic communication is productive as it leads to multiple performativities of irony. We identify four performativities in the spot which are: Irony as a way to cope with an aging male body; Irony as a way to identify with competitive elite sportsmen; (Self-) irony as enabling an exclusive male community and masculinity through humor; and Irony as legitimizing mass media consumption of cycling. We argue that the irony reaches beyond a mere humorous stance and serves a legitimizing and preservative function of road cycling as a male-dominated terrain.

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“…During pole sports there is a proper load on all muscle groups: from the abdominal muscles and ending with biceps [3,6,7,8]. Considering the literary data of official sites, the practical activities of private clubs, academies and sports schools [9,10] it was found that the content of Pole Sport is the demonstration of the number on sports shells under the musical accompaniment. These numbers include elements that require those who are engaged in the development of strength, dynamic and static balance, flexibility.…”

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Special physical fitness factors of athletes involved in pole sports

Sobko

Velieva

Sobko

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Purpose: to determine the peculiarities of training female athletes engaged in Pole Sports on the basis of the factor analysis of physical, special physical qualities and functional capabilities. Material and methods: the study involved 15 female athletes (age 12-13 years), who are engaged in the sports club "Atmosphere" in Pole Sport and aerial acrobatics, Kharkov. Athletes are in the group of initial training (amateur level) and have the experience of sports activity 1-1,5 years. The study was conducted in September 2021. All participants and their parents agreed to participate in the experiment. Methods: theoretical analysis of literary sources; methods of testing physical development (height, weight); physical fitness (Push-ups 30 s, jumping rope for 3 min, lifting the trunk in sitting position in 1 minute, dynamometry of right and left arms, tilt of the body forward from the sitting position); special physical condition (chopper, pulling up on the pole, jumping rope for 3 min, jumping " Heels back", jumps with turning 180°, jumps with turning 360°, jumping into grouping); methods of functional capabilities (Genchi and Ruffier tests), mathematical and statistical methods using "EXCEL" and "SPSS" computer programs (factor analysis by principal component method was used). Results. A factor analysis of physical development indicators, physical training, functional athletes specializing in Pole Sport. It was found that in the structure of preparation of the athletes of this group overcomes the first factor "Special endurance" (15,21% of the total total dispersion), then the second "Functional abilities" (14,54% of the total total dispersion), the third factor "Power capabilities" (14,12% of the total cumulative variance) and the fourth factor " Coordination abilities" (14,02% of the total cumulative variance), the fifth factor " Flexibility " (13,52% of the total cumulative variance), the sixth factor "Technical capabilities" (12.37% of the total cumulative variance). The percentage contribution of these factors indicates the equivalent importance of these factors. Conclusions. The training means for the development of special physical qualities and techniques, the dosage of the volume and intensity of loads for athletes 12-13 years old involved in Pole Sports are presented.

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Performing Gender in Recreational Pole Dancing: Enabling and Constraining Factors

Cited by 4 publications

References 40 publications

A pole new world: Maneuvering masculinity and sexuality among men who pole dance

A pole new world: Maneuvering masculinity and sexuality among men who pole dance

Middle Aged Men in Lycra and the Performative Irony of Watching Tour de France

Special physical fitness factors of athletes involved in pole sports

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