Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The attribution of sex or of sexuality to (a person or thing). Also spelled
sexualisation .
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- noun The act or process of
sexualizing .
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Examples
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If you let your children shop at Abercrombie, chances are you take pride in neglecting your children and think that exposing them to heavy doses of sexualization is probably a good thing.
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It's just this kind of sexualization of breastfeeding that makes so many women uncomfortable about nursing in public.
Breast is Best ScienceMama 2007
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Now the American Psychological Association has weighed in as well, with a 67-page report on the dangers of the "sexualization" of girls.
Archive 2007-03-01 2007
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The villains, Luce said, range from the promiscuity and "sexualization" of young people on MTV and the popular online meeting hub MySpace.com to a corporate culture that spends millions trying to woo the under-21 crowd.
Archive 2006-03-01 Annie 2006
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The villains, Luce said, range from the promiscuity and "sexualization" of young people on MTV and the popular online meeting hub MySpace.com to a corporate culture that spends millions trying to woo the under-21 crowd.
be afraid Annie 2006
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The villains, Luce said, range from the promiscuity and "sexualization" of young people on MTV and the popular online meeting hub MySpace.com to a corporate culture that spends millions trying to woo the under-21 crowd.
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The villains, Luce said, range from the promiscuity and "sexualization" of young people on MTV and the popular online meeting hub MySpace.com to a corporate culture that spends millions trying to woo the under-21 crowd.
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: MySpace and the godly 2006
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LOS ANGELES Hollywood Reporter - Primetime TV shows that appeal to teenagers are promoting the "sexualization" of girls at an alarming rate, including more portrayals of underage females being objectified than adults, especially for laughs, according to the
Reuters: Top News 2010
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LOS ANGELES Hollywood Reporter - Primetime TV shows that appeal to teenagers are promoting the "sexualization" of girls at an alarming rate, including more portrayals of underage females being objectified than adults, especially for laughs, according to the
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Failure in this realm causes what he has described as sexualization of ego functions, which weakens objectivity, reality testing, and self-criticism, leading to a resolution of the universal pulls in one’s mental and emotional life.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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This practice of commenting on someone else’s body and imposing sexuality upon them (whether they intended to be “sexy” or not) falls squarely into the American Psychological Association’s (APA) definition of sexualization.
The Sexualized Messages Dress Codes are Sending to Students Amber Thomas 2020
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