heterosexism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From heterosex(ual) + -ism; modelled on sexism.
Noun[edit]
heterosexism (countable and uncountable, plural heterosexisms)
- The assumption made when relating to others that everyone is heterosexual.
- 2010, Stacey Abbott, The Cult TV Book, page 245:
- One of the driving forces behind slash and femslash is the pervading heterosexism of commercial media – if television will not give us the due proportion of same-sex eroticism we are entitled to expect, then we will make it for ourselves.
- Discrimination or prejudice in favor of heterosexuals.
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Translations[edit]
Discrimination in favor of heterosexuals
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