Definition of "sexualize" []

• To make sexual in character or quality: "the thesis that one can sexualize life completely without ever bumping into responsibility” ( Stephen Koch). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Just like the public hand-wringing over the HPV vaccine and improved access to contraceptives and birth control, a lot of anxiety about precocious puberty deals with whether it will "sexualize" a generation of girls too early."
• "From parents' perspective, the most pressing concern might be that the product doesn't sexualize their children, a challenge for houses known for a more revealing silhouette."
• "They falsely claim that classes sexualize children in a "values free" environment as teachers push their own sexual ideology."