compulsory heterosexuality
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English
47
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
9
Syllables
15
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The idea that heterosexuality is often assumed and forced upon individuals regardless of their own sexual orientation by a patriarchal and heteronormative society.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In none of these books, which concern themselves with mothering, sex roles, relationships, and societal prescriptions for women, is compulsory heterosexuality ever examined as an institution powerfully affecting all these; or the idea of "preference" or "innate orientation" even indirectly questioned."
- "How could I have missed this milestone of compulsory heterosexuality? Who would teach my daughter whatever girls with fathers learned on these dates and dances, like how to wait for doors to be opened or hold a fork like an unmistakable catch?"