sex·u·al·ize 
(sĕksh-ə-līz′)
(sĕksh-ə-līz′)tr.v. sex·u·al·ized, sex·u·al·iz·ing, sex·u·al·iz·es
To make sexual in character or quality: "[In work songs] working techniques are sexualized, and the tools and gestures of trade are turned into erotic metaphors" (A.L. Lloyd).
sex′u·al·i·zation (-ə-lĭ-zāshən) n.