sexualize
verb
sex·u·al·ize
ˈsek-sh(ə-)wə-ˌlīz 
ˈsek-shə-ˌlīz
sexualized; sexualizing
: to make sexual : endow with a sexual character or cast
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Dana Taylor: A lot of the content the young women were consuming and even creating online was overtly sexualized.
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Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
The fashion house was widely boycotted for a 2022 holiday advertisement that many deemed to be sexualizing children.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024
The tide of underaged artists being shuffled into adult situations, sexualized by industry elders, granted access to drugs and alcohol, and dropped when the financial returns diminish has continued unabated for years.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Like Brenda, she was judged by ridiculously hypocritical double standards, sexualized and then demonized for it.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2024
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Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
The fashion house was widely boycotted for a 2022 holiday advertisement that many deemed to be sexualizing children.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024
The tide of underaged artists being shuffled into adult situations, sexualized by industry elders, granted access to drugs and alcohol, and dropped when the financial returns diminish has continued unabated for years.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
Like Brenda, she was judged by ridiculously hypocritical double standards, sexualized and then demonized for it.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2024
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“Sexualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexualize. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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sexualize
transitive verb
sex·u·al·ize
variants
also British sexualise
sexualized also British sexualised; sexualizing also British sexualising
: to make sexual : endow with a sexual character or quality
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