cisheteropatriarchy
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
cis- + hetero- + patriarchy
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsɪsˌhɛtəɹəˈpeɪtɹiɑɹki/
Noun[edit]
cisheteropatriarchy (countable and uncountable, plural cisheteropatriarchies)
- The dominance of cisgender heterosexual males in society.
- 2020, H. Samy Alim, Jooyoung Lee, Lauren Mason Carris, Quentin E. Williams, “Language, Race, and the (Trans)Formation of Cisheteropatriarchy”, in The Oxford Handbook of Language and Race[1]:
- These hegemonic practices reconstitute social divisions that benefit cisheteropatriarchy, an ideological system that naturalizes normative views of what it means to “look” and “act” like a “straight” man and marginalizes women, femininity, and all gender non-conforming bodies that challenge the gender binary.
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Translations[edit]
the dominance of cisgender heterosexual men
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