heteronormative

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"choice feminism," which celebrates any and all choices made by women as "feminist," even when those choices lead to very traditional, heteronormative, and conservative positioning for women.

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  • I have no problems with some outdated, heteronormative, male-chauvanistic, martial-virtues-inspired chivarly. —  Ace of Spades HQ
  • But what then are we to make to the National Dogtrainer execrable column by scurrilous dooche and "heteronormative" racist "Raphael Alexander," who in today's installment of the NP's —  Progressive Bloggers
  • It's all terrible sexual politics, of course, and I feel we can happily blame the British novel for 7 / 10s of the modern era's overblown horror at the existence of non-heteronormative sexual desire. —  Is there no sin in it?
  • And if I can't wink off the heteronormative-body-fascist-bullshit served up with flare by Tyra Banks on mainstream TV,
  • Also, extra troll points for using the word "heteronormative" in complete seriousness. —  Yale Daily News: Latest Issue
 

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