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sexualization
[ sek-shoo-uh-lahy-zey-shuhn, or, especially British, seks-yoo- ]
noun
- 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.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sexualization1
Example Sentences
“I’ll stop calling people ‘groomers’ when they stop freaking out about bills that prevent the sexualization of my children,” Vance tweeted in August 2022.
In the past, she has detailed the unwanted sexualization she faced as a child and now in her new memoir, "Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman," she dives further into other violations that have happened to her, revealing that in her 40s, a doctor performed unwanted vaginal rejuvenation surgery on her.
The introduction to Project 2025 — the Heritage Foundation’s proposed plans for the incoming Trump administration — equates “the omnipresent propagation of transgender ideology and sexualization of children” with pornography.
Karol G is responding to the backlash surrounding her latest single that drew criticism from critics and social justice advocates for its perceived sexualization of minors.
“Why are they portraying the Menendez brothers this way??? They never enjoyed doing these things. What kind of Pov is this??? We need empathy not sexualization.”
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