Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See sexualization, sexualize.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
sexualization .
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Examples
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Some theorists argue that this sexualisation is a good thing, as it allows greater sexual expression, Seidman is one of those.
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Some theorists argue that this sexualisation is a good thing, as it allows greater sexual expression, Seidman is one of those.
Sexualisation of our world… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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The word "sexualisation" has become a universal shorthand for a kind of abject whorishness, whereby sex is something imposed on women and girls, who can never be sexual, only "sexualised".
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The word "sexualisation" has become a universal shorthand for a kind of abject whorishness, whereby sex is something imposed on women and girls, who can never be sexual, only "sexualised".
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They’ve been trying for years to milk more money from children, and determined that sexualisation is an effective way to achieve that aim.
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Stock says he is concerned about the "sexualisation" of young girls.
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The distinction must be made here between legitimate concerns about protecting young women from abuse and the contempt for female sexuality in general suggested by the term "sexualisation".
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The notion of "sexualisation", on the other hand, is less threatening: it is easily incorporated into the strategies of conservative moral posturing, because it implies that sex itself is the problem – specifically, the women who have it.
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The "sexualisation" of young teenage, and even preteen, girls through clothes, videosas watched by the husband of Jacqui Smith, and music lyrics and a possible link with sexual abuse and violence is to be the focus of a new fact-finding review ordered by the home secretary.
Wankergate - Jacqui Smith to tackle 'sexualisation' culture FIDO The Dog 2009
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Wankergate - Jacqui Smith to tackle 'sexualisation' culture
Wankergate - Jacqui Smith to tackle 'sexualisation' culture FIDO The Dog 2009
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