Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Journal

This research examines why Black women pole dance and how their participation contributes to building self-confidence andself-efficacy. This study demonstrates how Black women resisted and created spaces for Black women to be empowered and seethemselves represented within the pole community. This research explored the ways and to what extent Black women can explore their sexuality through pole dancing as they oppose societal perceptions of Black women as hypersexual beings. I analyzedwhether academic literature on Black families aligned with how family members of Black pole dancers received and acceptedtheir involvement.