Sexualize (Verb)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- In some cultures, the sun is sexualized and revered as a male deity, while the moon is seen as feminine.
- Many languages of the Indo-European family sexualize words and attribute a grammatical gender to them.
- In certain versions of the myth, the hero is sexualized as a figure of masculine virility and bravery.
- The linguistic trait of sexualizing objects and animals as masculine or feminine may reflect a deeply ingrained cultural bias.
- The poem can be interpreted as an attempt to sexualize the natural world and infuse it with erotic meaning.