LONDON (AFP) - Britain's defence ministry defended a decision to pay for an ex-servicewoman to train to be an erotic "pole dancer", arguing it had a duty to help former troops return to civilian life.
Stephanie Hulme, a former senior aircraftwoman in the Royal Air Force (RAF), received 2,290 pounds (3,350 euros, 4,300 dollars) to train as a pole dancer, newspaper reports said.
After learning to pole dance -- a routine generally seen in strip clubs in which scantily clad women drape themselves suggestively around a pole in time to music -- the 23-year-old was now working in a London club.
Using the stage-name "Kitty", Hulme makes up to 500 pounds a night, she told the papers.
The main opposition Conservative Party criticised the re-training Monday.
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Stephanie Hulme, a former senior aircraftwoman in the Royal Air Force (RAF), received 2,290 pounds (3,350 euros, 4,300 dollars) to train as a pole dancer, newspaper reports said.
After learning to pole dance -- a routine generally seen in strip clubs in which scantily clad women drape themselves suggestively around a pole in time to music -- the 23-year-old was now working in a London club.
Using the stage-name "Kitty", Hulme makes up to 500 pounds a night, she told the papers.
The main opposition Conservative Party criticised the re-training Monday.
Read the rest at:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...afp/britainmilitarydanceroffbeat_050509141443
