The battle lines are drawn in the Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair photo scandal. So which side are you on? Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is, in our opinion, the first to give a well-rounded answer to that question. But first, a little back story.

Press and public have been all over 15-year-old Miley Cyrus since the young star became tabloid fodder for her latest “racy pics” scandal. And, unfortunately, the trouble was only compounded when Miley appeared on a Vanity Fair magazine cover clad only in a sheet – an occurrence which the young Hannah Montana star claimed was an embarrassing misunderstanding.

But at a time when much is being said against Miley, Curtis is standing up in defense of the young singer / actress, and is pointing the blame finger squarely where she feels it belongs.

“When these young people get all dressed up for award show red-carpet events, don’t we all comment how beautiful, stunning and grown-up they look in their strapless, backless dresses and heels and tousled hair,” she said, pointing out the hypocrisy of the media’s - and the public’s - response to Miley’s photos.

“None of this should be news,” she continued. “But it is news because it is a business. It’s called show business. I call it show-off business. You throw a child into the jaws of a business and they will get eaten.”

Curtis herself has dealt with controversy over photos – in 2002 she posed for More magazine in only her bra and underwear, and at 50 years old, the daring yet down-to-earth actress posed topless (or rather strapless) on the cover of AARP magazine. But she was quick to note the differences of taking such pictures at 50, as opposed to 15. “I know how Miley feels,” she said about the scandal and press coverage over both their photo shoots. “I too was a little embarrassed…but I am an adult woman. I protected myself during the shoot and I can take the heat.”

Though Curtis is in defense of Miley, she also acknowledges that famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, who snapped the infamous shot for Vanity Fair, is certainly not to blame for the photo, nor for the response to it. 

"I don’t feel that she [Cyrus] was duped," she explained. "I know the integrity of Ms. Leibovitz and the magazine and I know there were people present at the shoot that should have been looking out to make sure that this didn’t happen. In the offending photo she looks tousled and soft and vulnerable and yes...even sexy. She is fifteen after all, and the word sex is starting to come up."

We stated at the beginning of this post that the lines are marked on this issue, and all sides are speaking out. We’re proud to stand behind Jamie Lee Curtis’ statements.

Now’s your chance – who’s side are you on and what do you stand for?