\u201cWe know we need to encourage young girls to exercise,\u201d Macquaire University\u2019s Professor Catharine Lumby said. \u201cI did my own form of pole dancing, improvised around a Hills hoist when I was eight years old.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPre-teen girls love dancing, mucking around and showing off. They enjoy gymnastics and the big danger here is that maybe it\u2019s the adults who are sexualising them rather than them sexualising themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to be very cautions of imposing adult ideas on young girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Parenting author Dannielle Miller agreed innocent play shouldn\u2019t be viewed through a sexualised lens, but still raised some concerns about the video.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe slow-mo crotch-cam type shots in the promotional video for Gympole do make me feel uncomfortable,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSurely these feed child predator\u2019s fantasies?\u201d<\/p>\n\n