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- verb Present participle of
desexualize .
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Examples
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I don't agree that desexualizing Laura will make her mundane.
Exposing Lara's... Equanimity? SVGL 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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Dunya Ramicova's costumes are similarly unadorned, with all the Chinese women in drab, desexualizing trouser suits; only the blond Pat Nixon is peacock-like in red and purple.
Titans Shaking Hands, But Still Worlds Apart Heidi Waleson 2011
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What better way to simultaneously neutralize her menace than by mocking, belittling, desexualizing and demonizing her while peeing on her likeness?
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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What better way to simultaneously neutralize her menace than by mocking, belittling, desexualizing and demonizing her while peeing on her likeness?
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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What better way to simultaneously neutralize her menace than by mocking, belittling, desexualizing and demonizing her while peeing on her likeness?
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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What better way to simultaneously neutralize her menace than by mocking, belittling, desexualizing and demonizing her while peeing on her likeness?
Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010
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I think the Mr. Rogers and the Bill Cosby sweaters served the purpose -- quite intentionally -- of desexualizing the man.
"You can have a roller coaster ride with a nice guy in a sweater." Ann Althouse 2009
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Also, I'm saying men in shorts are desexualizing themselves.
George Will is still ranting a rant that has been ranted for 50 years. Ann Althouse 2009
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I'm saying men in shorts are desexualizing themselves.
George Will is still ranting a rant that has been ranted for 50 years. Ann Althouse 2009
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