Two-time Playboy centerfold Joanna Krupa has defended women who drop their clothes for the men’s magazine, insisting that the act empowers them.

Joanna, who is featured nude for the magazine’s December issue, also posed for Playboy in 2005 and recently spoke her mind on what she believes Playboy represents for women.

“There are several great reasons why female celebs line up to shoot Playboy: finally a woman gets paid more than a man for comparable work, she gets to set the rules, gets to be in a real team work with other women, as many key positions at Playboy are in fact held by women!” Joanna told FOX News Wednesday.

“She brings in her creative ideas, gets involved in the photo selection and ends up with something she co-created through and through,” the bikini model continued. “The word ‘Playboy’ alone doesn’t exactly give most women a warm, fuzzy feeling, yet many of the Playboy photos end up in the most praised photo and art magazines and in critically acclaimed photo exhibitions….”