A love object is an object of love; see Love and Object relations theory.
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Henry Jenkins expresses the opinion that in the 2009 film, Uhura's character is largely there to be the "love object" in "some kind of still to be explored romantic triangle" between Kirk and Spock, and to "discourage" slashers.