Meaning of straight supremacy | Babel Free

Definitions

An ideology or system that holds that straight sexual orientation is superior and privileges straight people.

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Examples

“Straight supremacy is not just a personal problem; the problem is a system of power and privilege that straight folks can also choose⟳ to resist⟳. The notion that queers seek⟳ “special rights” obscures the real power now being exercised to preserve⟳ special and exclusive rights for 'one man and one woman'.”

“We live⟳ not only in a racialized society, but also in a class system, a patriarchal system, and one of straight supremacy, able-bodied supremacy, and Christian hegemony. These other forms of privilege, and the oppression experienced by those who can't access them, mediate but never fully eradicate something like⟳ white privilege.”

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