Blake Lively wants the media to stop asking women what they’re wearing, and she’ll stop at nothing to see the red carpet bad habit gone.

The actress hit out at a reporter for asking about her teal “power suit” while attending Variety‘s Power of Women event on Friday.

Lively, who was being honoured for her work campaigning against child pornography, urged the female reporter to focus on the important cause at hand instead of her clothes.

“Come on, you want to talk about an outfit today?” Lively asked the woman, according to New York Daily News.

“Come on, what about building women up? Outfits? Would you ask a man that? You wouldn’t ask a man what a power outfit was. I’m sorry.”

A Twitter video captured the moment the actress challenged the red-carpet status quo.

“But see this is the moment where we become more aware and we change… so you can ask another question,” she continued.

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Lively later proved fashion was way off her agenda, giving a graphic speech about child pornography.

“Anything you can think of, it’s out there and it’s being traded,” Lively said, after listing some of the disturbing practices employed by child porn traffickers.

Warning: video contains graphic content.

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The 29-year-old star appeared alongside Jessica Chastain, Chelsea Clinton Gayle King, Audra McDonald and Shari Redstone as an ambassador organisation, Child Rescue Coalition that works to safeguard children from sexual exploitation.

On her Instagram page she said the organisation works to protect children “AND BABIES from horrific sexual exploitation,” she said.

“Everyone working there is a real hero. I’m grateful to share their work. Let’s protect our little ones, all over the world!”