Compulsory heterosexuality
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title:
Compulsory heterosexuality
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Compulsory heterosexuality, often shortened to comphet, is the theory that heterosexuality is assumed and enforced upon people by a patriarchal, allonormative, and heteronormative society. The term was popularized by Adrienne Rich in her 1980 essay titled "Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence". According to Rich, social science and literature perpetuate the societal belief that women in every culture are believed to have an innate preference for romantic and sexual relationships with
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Social vision of heterosexuality as the natural inclination or obligation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_heterosexuality
date created:
2012-03-22T01:48:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T10:59:12Z
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