Perhaps, then, the article should have said anything resembling that. Then we could address how absurd that complaint is.
I've never seen anything close to what you're describing. Believe it or not, 99.9% of adults have no problem saying the words "sexy" or "hot" without having whatever weird childish reaction you're describing.
We can't have a discussion if you assume that everyone who disagrees is only disagreeing because they don't have your precise life experiences, or the life experiences you assume someone else has had.
I've never seen anything close to what you're describing. Believe it or not, 99.9% of adults have no problem saying the words "sexy" or "hot" without having whatever weird childish reaction you're describing.