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Topic: objectification

In this Jan. 21, 2015, photo, a man takes a picture of a woman at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. The idea that porn stars might have to wear protection in productions filmed in Nevada generated a buzz among some of the 25,000 attendees collecting autographs from porn stars posing in fishnet stockings and bustiers. (AP Photo/John Locher) (AP Photo/John Locher)

Porn's benefits

Anna Pulley - Alternet
Jessica Valenti (HarperCollins/Leslie Hassler)

Not just an object

Amanda Marcotte
(AP/Chris Pizzello)

"GoT" star on objectification

Anna Silman
Sofia Vergara, left, and Television Academy CEO Bruce Rosenblum. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images) (Vince Bucci/invision/ap)

Katie McDonough
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Prachi Gupta
Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" video

Jenny Kutner
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-281914p1.html'>Ydefinitel</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Jenny Kutner
This film publicity image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Henry Cavill as Superman in "Man of Steel." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Clay Enos) (Clay Enos)

Justin Hall - The Weeklings
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The Internet is a tramp

Andrew Leonard
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Naked pictures aren't harmless

Soraya Chemaly
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