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heterosexualism

Definitions

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  • noun a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex

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Examples

  • For example, the hegemony of heterosexualism could be undone.

    Crossroads of Philosophy and Cultural Studies: Body, Context, Performativity, Community 2008

  • Examples of rankism based on pseudo rankings include the illicit hierarchies maintained by racism, sexism, ageism, classism, ableism, and heterosexualism (or, homophobia) -- in short, the familiar isms that plague societies and that, one by one, are being discredited and dismantled.

    Robert Fuller: Somebodies and Nobodies: Understanding Rankism 2009

  • Examples of rankism based on pseudo rankings include the illicit hierarchies maintained by racism, sexism, ageism, classism, ableism, and heterosexualism (or, homophobia) - in short, the familiar isms that plague societies and that, one by one, are being discredited and dismantled.

    The Republic of T. 2010

  • – this is why I am against the rampant ideas of heterosexualism which are taught in schools.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • – this is why I am against the rampant ideas of heterosexualism which are taught in schools.

    The great Lesbian Sleepover - Part I (again!) Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • It’s like if a guy isn’t proving his atraction is as animalistic and base as possible, then the source of his heterosexualism is challenged.

    Booze, Education, Male Bonding, the Cooties and Rape 2006

  • I do not agree with the term Homosexualism. if there is homosexualism, then there is heterosexualism too (the ...

    tdaxp 2008

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