Question

Your textbook tells the story of ellen stohl, a young woman who uses a wheelchair and posed for playboy. when she did this many people felt it was exploitive of disabled people. however, when she was asked why she did it, she mentioned that she wanted to
a. be seen as a woman and not like a 3-year-old.
b. pay for her college education.
c. publicly expose the amoral motivations of playboy's publishers.
d. start feeling sexual again herself.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: be seen as a woman and not like a 3-year-old.

In her interview, Ellen stohl admitted that she often tired of the 'pity' or 'charitable gesture' that constantly displayed by people around her simply because of her condition. She believed that posing as a playboy model is a great way for her to be seen as normal women rather than object of pity.