understand distinctions stripper pole denotes stripping the removal of clothing especially what goes on in strip clubs the fact is that there has begun a divergence between this and pure pole dance to call it a stripper pole fails to recognise this maybe i m biased as i began taking a pole dance class several months ago on a lark have made greater progress than i would ever have expected and would make a pretty lame stripper but it bugs me to see people using such a term that doesn t strike me as being altogether accurate or precise the instructor for my class likes to call it verticle ballet she has a degree in dance no one calls ballerinas strippers you wouldn t refer to someone from puerto rico as that mexican guy it s a similar deal just be aware of what you are really saying