sex object
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sex object
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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This narrative carried over and persisted in American popular culture, in numerous films and musicals, such as “Miss Saigon” portraying Asian women as sex objects, Davé said.
From Washington Times
How did Mia go from being a demur Native American woman on a lakeshore to a sex object tied to the trafficking of native women?
From Washington Post
The YouTube ad presented the firm's products in an "overly-sexualised way" and depicted women as sex objects, the Advertising Standards Authority said.
From BBC
The movement is bigger than breasts: it’s about treating female bodies like human bodies, not sex objects.
From The Guardian
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in February that the law discriminated against women, writing it reinforced “negative stereotypes depicting women’s breasts, but not men’s breasts, as sex objects.”
From Fox News
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