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'Gilmore Girls' actor Scott Patterson gets real about being objectified during 'uncomfortable' scene

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'Gilmore Girls' actor Scott Patterson is rewatching the series for the first time.

Patterson played Luke Danes , one of the main love interests of Lorelai 's main character.

He shared an episode from Season 3 of the show about objectifying men and women.

The actor said it was the most disturbing time he'd ever spent on the set.

Some women might say, "Well now he knows how it feels to be a woman," with little sympathy, but that reaction feels less than healthy. Objectification is objectification, and Patterson has every right to feel disturbed by how he and his character were treated in that scene. Here's to the hard conversations that have led us to this point where people being objectified can speak out about how it feels and actually be heard, and here's to Scott Patterson for moving those conversations forward. This article originally appeared three years ago ..

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