sexualize

verb

1. (transitive)To render sexual, or apply sex appeal to (a person, thing, or concept).

   “Children’s beauty pageants sexualize childhood.”

   “Your advertising doesn't need to sexualize goods and services to sell them to me, and in fact I might make a point of not buying your product if you pester me with sexualization.”

   “I have charted a change from a Victorian culture that spiritualized love to modern efforts to sexualize love. The latter contributed, more-over, to the development of a culture of eroticism.”

   “[…] the adoption of the veil by Muslim women in West European countries is often justified as a mark of their autonomy, a breakaway from the sexualizing influences of Western culture.”

   “[…] “Coomers malding PepeLaugh,” […] The second comment, written by HarleyJ, insinuates that “coomers” (a term used to refer to an individual that overly sexualizes things) are angered by her actions, […]”

2. (transitive)To distinguish as belonging to separate sexes.