Strip clubs: Are they really degrading to women?

This is inspired by another question where a few people (male and female) said they find strip clubs degrading to women.

In my opinion, if an individual chooses to make a living through stripping then that is their choose and shouldn’t affect how the rest of the population of that gender are viewed. It may be degrading for the individual but not the whole of the female population.

I feel this way about porn, prostitution, sexy pictures in the media etc. I don’t always agree with the “I couldn’t get work doing anything else” excuse (I would stack shelves in a supermarket or serve burgers in a fast restaurant before I would “settle” for a stripping job even though I probably wouldn’t earn as much money) but I think if an individual chooses that to do so then if it is degrading then it should only be degrading towards that individual.

How do you feel about the audiences of these strip clubs?

If you believe that strip joints are degrading to all women do you believe that male strippers are degrading to all men (I have never heard an arguement for or against male strippers only female)? Why?