Even in her 50s, Sabine Christine is head over 8-inch heels in love with pole-dancing. And despite being deemed “the worst slut on earth” by her north New Jersey neighbors for flipping, splitting and ...

In the colorfully lit studio of Boston Pole Fitness, a young woman stands on her head. Her hands are clasped around a silver pole, and her legs are poised above her body, back arched, toes pointed.

On a recent Saturday afternoon, Amy Bond was walking home from the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market with her husband when she saw something that caught her eye. Accompanied by her mother, a 16-year-old girl ...