This enrages and saddens me.  Some quotes about it from a recent Wall Street Journal editorial:

Authorities discovered a sixth grader dancing at a strip club in Dallas, “but couldn’t shut it down because of a legal loop-hole.” 

“These clubs try to gussy themselves up as ‘artistic’ venues.  Their corporate owners seek legitimacy by offering stock on Wall Street.  They are prepared to spend millions in court challenges to reverse laws that infringe nude dancers’ constitutional right to free expression.”

“Let’s be frank.  Strip clubs have nothing to do with art and everything to do with sex.  It’s an extremely adult environment where liberal doses of alcohol help loosen inhibitions, conjure money out of wallets and stimulate instant sexual intimacy.”

“Since all these establishments revolve around the presence of alcohol… Dallas should establish 21 as the minimum age for patrons and dancers.  That’s the Las Vegas standard.”

Why? 

“Humiliation and shame are constant. And that prompts many dancers to drink and use drugs.  Substance addiction often leads to prostitution.  Patrons fuel that trend by sneaking drinks to underage dancers…..”

“That’s how a 12 year-old was able to dance nude for nearly two weeks…. That’s how Dallas won its new international image as a haven for sleaze.”

This is why I love the op/ed page of the WSJ.  Their analysis is concise, non-sensational, and about the stuff that really matters.