sen·si·tize
ˈsensəˌtīz/
verb
gerund or present participle: sensitizing
- cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive."the introductory section aims to sensitize students to the methodology of the course"
- make (photographic film) sensitive to light."the kit sensitizes any 35 mm film in hours"
- make (an organism) abnormally sensitive to a foreign substance."the workers had been immunologically sensitized to the enzyme"
Rawanda's ambasodor to the UN, Senator Tito Rutaremara, said
"We spent six months sensitizing the population on what a constitution is, what voting means, what democracy means. We created booklets in Kinyarwanda (the local language), and went from village to village across the country. We even simulated Senates so that the population could see how a system would work in practice."
It is likely that sensitizing will be a necessary step with the current fringe elements of the Equality and Feminist movements today, in order for there two be a future tomorrow.
