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- verb Present participle of
sexualize .
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Examples
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Only 13 at the time, Jagaciak's photos incensed critics, who were upset at the idea of sexualizing girls at such a young age.
unknown title 2009
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Only 13 at the time, Jagaciak's photos incensed critics, who were upset at the idea of sexualizing girls at such a young age.
unknown title 2009
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Kate Nash has blasted the Pussycat Dolls for '' sexualizing '' young children with their raunchy lyrics and suggestive band name.
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… It's child pornography, and it's normalizing the idea of sexualizing young adolescent girls. "
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Yet now sexualizing young teens seems not only to no longer be a crime but is a positive virtue that drives ratings.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: MTV and the Last Vestige of Virginity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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In both situations, the gaze of a male figure violates the female body by blatantly and unapologetically sexualizing it.
Tiffany Tsai: Seduce Me: Female Bodies in Black Swan Tiffany Tsai 2011
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We are a species with a strong capability for sexualizing pretty much anything, regardless of our individual sexual preferences.
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The film documents the way Nina believes she can attain perfection and take control of her life by purging, starving, scratching, sexualizing and prostituting herself.
Tiffany Tsai: Seduce Me: Female Bodies in Black Swan Tiffany Tsai 2011
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But this is followed with the assertion that “Heaven is the ultimate climax” — an inappropriate suggestion and an unfortunate example of sexualizing Christianity.
Dr. Janet Smith replies to Dr. Schindler, defends Christopher West 2009
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I think you see it coming from all kinds of different directions, both sexualizing theme, desexualizing them, treating them as aggressive and threatening and sort of monstrous, or as punch lines.
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