heteronormative

Definitions

Of or pertaining to the practices and institutions that privilege or value heterosexuality, heterosexual relationships, and traditional gender roles as fundamental and "natural" within society.

Equivalents

Examples

“Much of the language used when discussing wedding planning is heteronormative, which can alienate homosexual couples.”

“This suggests both that film studies can be heteronormative even when it is analyzing homosexual representations and that close⟳ textual analysis is itself structured by heterosexual presumptions and assumptions.”

“In the same way, homosexuality and bisexuality will always be seen as problematic in heteronormative organizations.”

“Homonationalism needs to be more broadly understood as one dimension of “homonormativity,” which Lisa Duggan described over a decade ago as a gay mindset that does not “contest dominant heteronormative assumptions and institutions but upholds and sustains them.””

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