Abstract: Heteronormativity is an ideology that assumes that it is universally natural for human beings to engage in unique sexual pairings between members of two sexes, male and female. Heteronormativity emerged as a topic of research when queer theory questioned the assumption that biological sex was naturally the dichotomous basis for gender and sexuality. Critiques of heteronormativity seek to promote investigation of sex as fluid and performative. Researchers question the role of heteronormativity in perpetuating the idea that heterosexuality, marriage, and the nuclear family are human universals that can be safely assumed in studies of the past.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-04-16
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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