sexualize

sex·u·al·ize | \ ˈsek-sh(ə-)wə-ˌlīz

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, ˈsek-shə-ˌlīz \

sexualized; sexualizing

Definition of sexualize

transitive verb

: to make sexual : endow with a sexual character or cast

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Recent Examples on the Web Fortune was able to independently confirm that, at the time of reporting, Giphy does host sexualized images of girls appearing under the legal age of consent. — David Z. Morris, Fortune, "Nude Child Photos and Other ‘Toxic Content’ Are on Giphy, Shared by Private Accounts Exploiting Loopholes, Researchers Say," 15 Nov. 2019 Most of this film consists of tedious scenes of partying and violence, with much of the latter being unpleasantly sexualized. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Lili Taylor, Uzo Aduba, Omar Epps and Rob Zombie headline streaming and VOD titles," 18 Oct. 2019 The same search terms also revealed sexualized and exploitative images of children and explicit material elsewhere on the open web. — David Z. Morris, Fortune, "Nude Child Photos and Other ‘Toxic Content’ Are on Giphy, Shared by Private Accounts Exploiting Loopholes, Researchers Say," 15 Nov. 2019 The style itself is a jumble: baby doll meets goth-lite, both cutesy and edgy, often overtly sexualized, plus lots of eyeliner and hair usually dyed unnatural shades. — Marc Bain, Quartz, "The year’s top-trending fashion styles in the US only existed online," 13 Dec. 2019 Some games entice you into playing them with loud marketing campaigns, sexualized cover art, or the promise of ludicrous over-the-top violence. — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, "Video: How Oddworld solved its narrative problems with mind control," 3 Dec. 2019 Country singer Kacey Musgraves sparked outrage among the Asian American community both for combining Indian and Vietnamese traditional costumes and for sexualizing the look. — oregonlive, "College students are fighting cultural appropriation during Halloween," 30 Oct. 2019 Which brings me onto the final point: What has any of this got to do with sexualizing children? — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, "The Origins of the Transgender Movement," 14 Oct. 2019 Sexism, of course, wasn’t vanquished from comics, and in some ways became more pronounced as the depictions of women became more explicitly sexualized. — Oliver Staley, Quartz, "Storm is comics’ overlooked groundbreaking superhero," 11 Sep. 2019

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28 Jan 2020

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“Sexualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexualize. Accessed 28 Feb. 2020.

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