Stripping

So I have to pose a question to the class because I have conflicted views of strip clubs. A couple of days ago I was with a guy friend whose wife works at Penthouse. Penthouse is a 'high class' strip club that caters to 'everyone.' There is even a vip lounge that has fax machines, sound proof rooms, and conference rooms. My friends wife is a bartender there, and both of them are 100% supportive of strip clubs. To them Penthouse caters to women too, and these women want this job because it pays good money. If you go to Penthouses website it is pretty explicit about what they sell. The women who preform do not get completely naked, but they are at the beck-and-call to anyone who wants them. Does anyone feel like this is legalized prostitution? It even says on the website that Penthouse will prepare lovely (expensive) meals to eat in the VIP room, and you can pick 'your favorite girl' to eat with you. My experience with strip clubs was that a lot of the performers needed this job because of how much money they got. Because society insists on paying women less than men (and hiring men more) many women have to take strip jobs to pay their bills etc. Sometime I wonder if these women are trapped into the strip business, or are secretly strippers because of how society views people that work in places like Penthouse. This double bind allows for these women to be exploited by men, and women who come to places like Penthouse. So class what do you think? Are strip clubs a black-and-white matter, or in the grey area?