FEM 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Adrienne Rich, Compulsory Heterosexuality, Heterosexuality
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Phenotypical-find definition (this is in regards to the word biracial what about those that are not biracial and what if you are another race) Lecture 4-(note this will not be in first exam, it is in second exam) Those that fall outside the heterosexual frame work. Ramifications for those that fall outside this frame work are: Research on how you become gay tis would explain how to fix it. If we study up to figure out how heterosexuality is created. Heteronormativity-endless mandarin ways that heterosexuality forms/regulates our world. It is normal and expected ingrained and encouraged from a young age. Very rigid guidelines formed based on gender-that are formed by catagorizing things from toys, clothing, gender, who to date, Adrienne rich coined term-compulsary heterosexuality: compulsory heterosexuality: adrienne rich (1980s). Societal assumption = only normal sexual relationship is bet. a man & a woman. Society enforces heterosexuality, brands as deviant any noncompliance.