Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pornonormativity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pornonor-ma-tiv-i-ty
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon of human sexual expression being shaped by the conventions of mainstream pornography.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Female same-sex sexuality is represented in ways which are circumscribed by the conventions of pornonormativity and heteroflexibility."
"Sadomasochism has been analyzed in recent times by sociologists, social psychologists and others in terms of 'pornonormativity', i.e. sexual scripts derived from images and narratives of porn […]"
"Don Slater makes use of a similar term, "pornonormativity," when discussing the repetition of heterporn conventions in IRC porn exchanges. The aspects of "pornonormativity" include the recycling of sex acts, body types, fetishes, and kinks familiar from so-called mainstream porn, deeply gendered self-representatives ("young blonde bombshells and well-hung dudes"), […]"

Etymology

From porno- + normativity.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: porno

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

pornonormative

Questions

What does pornonormativity mean?: The phenomenon of human sexual expression being shaped by the conventions of mainstream pornography.
Where does pornonormativity come from?: From porno- + normativity.

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