sex object

noun

: a person regarded especially exclusively as an object of sexual interest

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movies that portray women as sex objects

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1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sex object was in 1911

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sex object

noun

: a person regarded especially exclusively as an object of sexual interest

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