!! OMG, progress: Men can now compete in the World Pole Dancing championships !!

Progress for gender equality! For the first time in its history, the World Pole Dancing championships have allowed men to strip down, grease up, and compete alongside female dancers. The Wall Street Journal investigated said development, profiling a Mr. Matty Shields. 26, who hoped to become the first male champion. “When I tell people what I do, there is shock, ‘No! pole dancing is for women,” Shields, who is also a student nurse, told the paper. “Pole dancing,” he says, “can be masculine, too.”