Madonna and sexuality

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American singer-songwriter Madonna has been considered a sexual icon. Various have considered Madonna's sexuality as one of the focal points of her career. The Oxford Dictionary of English (2010) credited her image as a sex symbol as a source of her international stardom. Her sexual displays have drawn numerous analyses by scholars, sexologists, feminists, and other authors. Due to her use of explicit sexual content, she faced censorship for her videos, stage performances and other projects, in addition to generate and receive religious and political criticisms. During the AIDS epidemic, Madonna advocated for safe sex. Critical responses to her sexuality have extended beyond assessments of her individual career. Depending on the reviewer's perspective, she is credited with either reinforcing or expanding ways of expression in mass media culture. American historian Lilly J. Goren was inclined to conclude that Madonna perpetuated the public perception of women performers as sexualized objects...

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