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Stripper Pole-Themed Halftime Show Was A Weird Way To Highlight ‘Female Empowerment’

Amanda Prestigiacomo
Stripper Pole-Themed Halftime Show Was A Weird Way To Highlight ‘Female Empowerment’
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The hype leading up to this year’s Super Bowl was all about women empowerment, from admirable soccer stars appearing in a Secret deodorant ad to San Francisco 49ers’ Katie Sowers being the first woman to coach in the NFL’s biggest game. As one USA Today column excitedly put it, “Watch and see how women are taking control of the Super Bowl.”

Apparently, women empowerment includes a scantily clad, vagina-touching 50-year-old woman performing a routine on a stripper pole for the entire nation to view (as her boyfriend cheers her on).

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