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desexualization [dē‚seksh·ə·lə′zā·shən] (physiology) Depriving an organism of sexual characters or power, as by spaying or castration. (psychology) Repression of the sexual drive or rechanneling of sexual energy into areas considered by the individual to be more socially acceptable. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The effect of Chalmers' reading, as Keevak clearly shows, is to remove all sexual ambiguity from the poems and to desexualize the Shakespeare biography. I will set an example for women and girls, educate the public, dispel breastfeeding myths, desexualize the breast, and make the world a better place, all through the simple act of feeding my child. Neither the extreme view demanding that every sexual act be "open" to procreation, nor the modern presumption that we should be free to desexualize and depersonalize the act of procreation is the best way to promote human flourishing. |
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