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Glow was heading in a similar direction by interrogating the way the entertainment industry sexualizes women and typecasts people of color.
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With nine dancers moving slowly and rhythmically in couples or groups, the performances sensualize and sexualize the houses.
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Monáe is still working at that task, but thing are much looser and more sexualized now.
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These sisters are doing so well in their careers only for Vogue to sexualize a sibling relationship in the most creepy and non-artistic way.
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Hefner repeatedly sexualized members of Rosenberg’s staff and other members of the Senate in text messages to Rosenberg.
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Society dictates that most tacky things are cheap-looking, but not necessarily cheap; kitschy; flashy; and sexualized.
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Big-budget video games still frequently objectify and sexualize their female characters; damaging sexist—and sometimes racist—tropes can reinforce negative stereotypes.
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First Known Use of sexualize
1839
Medical Dictionary
sexualize
transitive verb
sex·u·al·ize
variants:
also British
sexualise
play
\ˈseksh-(ə-)wə-ˌlīz, ˈsek-shə-ˌlīz\
medical Definition of sexualize
sexualized
also British sexualised;
sexualizing
also British sexualising
: to make sexual : endow with a sexual character or quality
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