eroticization
Adding sexual charge
Eroticization is the process of making something sexual or investing it with erotic significance.
The term appears in psychology and cultural criticism to describe how objects, body parts, behaviors, or concepts become charged with sexual meaning: the eroticization of power, the eroticization of the female body in advertising.
What gets eroticized varies across cultures and eras.
Adding erotic character
- fetishizationIrrational reverence for something
- objectificationReducing humans to things
- desireIntense wanting
- arousalStirring to heightened state
attraction · libido · fantasy · projection · sublimation · fixation · pleasure · stimulation
Adding erotic character
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- objectificationReducing humans to things
- mediaInformation distribution channels
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
beauty · imagery · representation · gaze · spectacle · consumption · fashion · glamorization
Adding erotic character
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
critique · objectification · gaze · power · Foucault · ideology · patriarchy · heteronormativity
Adding erotic character
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- pubertySexual development stage
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
maturation · discovery · curiosity · exploration · awareness · identity · formative · imprinting
sexualization
Adding erotic character
- fetishizationIrrational reverence for something
- objectificationReducing humans to things
- desireIntense wanting
arousal · attraction · libido · fantasy · projection · sublimation · fixation · pleasure · stimulation · titillation
sexualization
Adding erotic character
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- objectificationReducing humans to things
- mediaInformation distribution channels
advertising · beauty · imagery · representation · gaze · spectacle · consumption · fashion · glamorization · exoticization
sexualization
Adding erotic character
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
theory · critique · objectification · gaze · power · Foucault · ideology · patriarchy · heteronormativity · queer
sexualization
Adding erotic character
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- pubertySexual development stage
awakening · maturation · discovery · curiosity · exploration · awareness · identity · formative · imprinting · socialization
eroticizationasexualization
Removing sexual attributes
desensitization · sanitization · bowdlerization · censorship · sexlessness
eroticizationsacralization
Imbuing with holiness
spiritualization · sanctification · veneration · idealization · purification
eroticizationmedicalization
Reframing problems as disorders
objectification · pathologization · disgust · repulsion · vilification