sexualization
the act of endowing with sexual characteristics, or of excessively emphasizing those characteristics:In the real world, the sexualization of girls isn't confined to beauty pageants.Parents and other concerned adults have begun grassroots campaigns to counteract sexualization in advertising.
Origin of sexualization
1- Also especially British, sex·u·al·i·sa·tion .
Words Nearby sexualization
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How to use sexualization in a sentence
But America the Beautiful III: The sexualization of Our Youth is by far the most personal of my documentary films.
A Rallying Cry Against the Oversexualization of Our Youth | Darryl Roberts | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe double standard of sexualization is hypocritical at best and ineffectively vindictive at worse.
Full Frontal Disney: Feminism's Nudity Double Standard | Emily Shire | August 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe manufacturing and sexualization of young starlets is a particularly obvious example of this unavoidable reality.
Lana Del Rey and the Fault in Our ‘Feminist’ Stars | Amy Zimmerman | June 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo some degree, the sexualization of young girls is mainstream in Japan.
Japan's Kiddie Porn Empire: Bye-Bye? | Jake Adelstein, Angela Erika Kubo | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe combination of emotional abuse and overt sexualization resulted in an attachment disorder.
What Made Anders Behring Breivik a Mass Killer in Norway? | Aage Borchgrevink | November 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
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