The real problem is adults'fear of their own potential to sexualise children.
From the guardian.co.uk
Seeing women dancing, even gyrating on television is not going to sexualise your child.
From the guardian.co.uk
P24American Apparel ad criticised for appearing to sexualise a child.
From the guardian.co.uk
Because of that, along with her appearance, we considered the ad could be seen to sexualise a child.
From the hecklerspray.com
Why do you think it is that women's magazines are more likely to sexualise children than any other form of media.
From the independent.co.uk
The anti-pageant groups claim pageants sexualise children, damage their self-esteem and can lead to mental illness down the track.
From the brimbankweekly.com.au
In fifth place, the comment that women don't have intelligence any more and need to hyper-sexualise themselves is potently untrue.
From the guardian.co.uk
Mumsnet recently launched its Let Girls Be Girls campaign, calling on retailers to sign up to a pledge not to sell products that sexualise children.
From the guardian.co.uk
We have even taken it upon ourselves to sexualise the youngest amongst us because the prevalence of questionable material leads to its almost unknowing consumption.
From the guardian.co.uk
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Sexualize: make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to; "The god was sexualized and married to another god"; "Some languages sexualize all nouns and do not have a neuter gender"
Sexualization is the act or process of sexualizing. It refers to the making of a person, group or thing to be seen as sexual in nature or a person to become aware of sexuality. It can also refer to the making of an interpersonal relationship into a sexual relationship.