Meaning of cisheteropatriarchy | Babel Free

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The dominance of cisgender heterosexual males in society.

countable, uncountable

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“These hegemonic practices reconstitute social divisions that benefit cisheteropatriarchy, an ideological system that naturalizes normative views of what it means to “look” and “act” like a “straight” man and marginalizes women, femininity, and all gender non-conforming bodies that challenge the gender binary.”

CEFR level