Meaning of binormativity | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The adoption of limiting (especially heterosexist-like) values, beliefs and norms into the bisexual community.
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2. The state or quality of being binormative, that is, of pertaining to, adhering to, or enforcing two norms.
   uncountable

Examples

“That this, achieving 'identity' through labelling and definition […] risks simply reserving existing hierarchies and re-inscribing the very power relations it seeks to undermine (Bower, 1999). Not surprisingly, 'heteronormativity' (Wilton, 1996) may be transposed into another version of normativity, in this case 'binormativity'. The third difficulty arises because accessing alternative discourses depends on changes in real conditions ...”

“There exists a similar phenomenon of binormativity where by constructing a deviant bisexual other, the bisexual community is capable of upholding the dominant cultural code as well as its lesbian interpretation.”

“Not only heteronormativity, but also homo/binormativity are beginning to be feared, as they are perceived as limiting with respect to the 'rainbow' of sexual differences which exalts unstable and changeable indeterminateness […]”

“Binormativity refers to the normalisation of a certain standard of bisexuality against which all other forms of bisexuality are measured.”

“If we do manage to escape the heteronormative crab bucket, we're in a precarious place — scuttling around on the beach on our own — so it's highly tempting to join another crab bucket, with its own sets of rules and ideologies. Hence homonormativity, and, indeed, binormativity, polynormavity, kinknormativity ... There's a certain irony in people looking over at the mainstream bucket, laughing at the crabs being pulled back in, not realizing that they're doing exactly the same thing.”

“In the course of the analysis, we introduce polynormativity, which contrasts with the binormativity of standard DAL or alethic logic plus a violation proposition […] Such an analysis characterizes a binormative analysis, for states are either normative or non-normative […]”

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