sexualising
Adding erotic dimension
Sexualising is the British spelling of sexualizing—treating someone or something in sexual terms, often inappropriately.
The word typically carries critical connotations: The media keeps sexualising young girls, Stop sexualising breastfeeding.
It suggests imposing sexual meaning where it doesn't belong or isn't welcome.
Reducing humans to things
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- hypersexualizationExcessive emphasis on sexuality
- misogynyHostility toward women
sexism · degradation · fetishization · patriarchy · feminism · stereotyping · dehumanization · chauvinism
Sexual desire's aesthetic quality
- titillationPleasurable, teasing excitement
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- prurienceLustful, unhealthy curiosity
- risqueBordering on improper
suggestiveness · raunchiness · bawdiness · lasciviousness · innuendo · provocation · sensuality · explicitness
Moral appropriateness in behavior
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- modestyAbsence of vanity
prudishness · forbidden · off-limits · inappropriate · indecency · scandal · controversy · outrage
objectification
Reducing humans to things
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- hypersexualizationExcessive emphasis on sexuality
misogyny · sexism · degradation · fetishization · patriarchy · feminism · stereotyping · dehumanization · chauvinism · sensationalism
eroticism
Sexual desire's aesthetic quality
- titillationPleasurable, teasing excitement
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- prurienceLustful, unhealthy curiosity
risque · suggestiveness · raunchiness · bawdiness · lasciviousness · innuendo · provocation · sensuality · explicitness · nudity
decency
Moral appropriateness in behavior
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
modesty · prudishness · forbidden · off-limits · inappropriate · indecency · scandal · controversy · outrage · backlash
sexualisingneutering
Surgical sterilization of animals
sanitising · sanitizing · purifying · censoring · bowdlerising
sexualisingdignifying
Giving unearned respect
humanising · humanizing · respecting · honouring · honoring
sexual, pansexual, sexuality, bisexual, homosexual, asexual, sexually, heterosexual, sexualize