Compulsory Heterosexuality refers to the idea that heterosexuality, as a default sexual orientation, can be adopted by people regardless of their personal sexual preferences. Compulsory means “mandatory”, “obligatory”, or “required”. A person’s heterosexuality is generally assumed until proven otherwise; by both one’s self and those around her. Those who have never “thought about” or questioned [...]
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Compulsory Heterosexuality
Posted in Adrienne Rich, heterosexuality, lesbian, norms, sexuality on July 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
‘the Natural’
Posted in Other, activism, feminism, feminist theory, heteronormativity, heterosexism, hierarchy, homophobia, human, identity, liberation, natural, nature, normality, norms, oppression, praxis, queer, right, supremacy, unnatural, wrong on July 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
the Natural.
The Natural is the social explanation for strict and conservative governing of human life. The term itself has much to do with forming and sustaining normativity—what is OK and what is not OK. Claiming that something (an object or an act or a phenomenon) isn’t “natural” often ensures society passing [...]
Subversion (gender)
Posted in gender, heteronormativity, norms, patriarchy, subversion on July 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The act of undermining patriarchal institutions. To subvert something is to take oppressive forces and turn them into something that challenges the oppressor. Institutions such as Gender can be subverted by acts such as extreme perfomance of ones assigned gender or the adoption of criteria for a gender other than one’s “own”. To engage in [...]
Default
Posted in Object, Other, Subject, binary, feminism, male, male privilege, normality, norms, race, sexuality, supremacy, white on July 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Default (de·fault – [di-fawlt]) n.
A term used to denote normality and neutrality and identify adherents to it. Similar to what one might find as the ‘defaults’ on her computer (Times New Roman type font, the same homepage for internet access, the vertical letter format for printing documents in a printer), the Default is the constant [...]
Masculine
Posted in binary, butch, lesbian, male, male privilege, masculinity, norms, tomboy on July 3, 2007 | 4 Comments »
An adjective used to describe someone or something that possesses one or more of a set of qualities which are normally attributed to men.
Norms
Posted in Judith Butler, femininity, feminist theory, masculinity, norms, tomboy on July 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Norms are expectations set by people in a society that express that societies values, beliefs, and traditions.
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