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Published: 14 June, 2009, 11:22

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Sex sells in the media, whether you like it or not. But where is the moral line drawn?

Online journalist Lori “The Resident” Harfenist takes to the streets of New York to ask locals about their attitudes towards the commercialization of sex.

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