[ SECRET POST #3527 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3527 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Phrases you're tired of hearing

[(Anonymous)]

Actually, the idea isn't strange at all, it's just that the name is misleading. "Compulsory heterosexuality" refers to the idea that heterosexuality is assumed to be the default and is enforced as such, particularly in the case of women.

In fact, it's not so much about self-identified LGBT people consciously staying in the closet for safety--that's a very tired and simplistic narrative. More troubling is the fact that a lot of LGBT people (again, especially girls) are so completely assumed to be straight that they don't even recognize in themselves that they're not: like, it's so obvious to everyone that you're straight and going to marry a man and have kids that it truly doesn't even occur to you that you might be a lesbian, not just a really pathetic straight girl.

Tl;dr, don't laugh at compulsory heterosexuality just bc it sounds like something else; it's a real problem

Re: Phrases you're tired of hearing

[(Anonymous)]

Giggle anon here.

I thought that was called heteronormativity.

Re: Phrases you're tired of hearing

[(Anonymous)]

Nope! They're similar ideas, but not quite the same. Heteronormativity refers to the belief that there are two genders (man and woman) with natural roles (husband and wife). It's more of an ideological thing, whereas compulsory heterosexuality refers more to an experience that a lot of LGBT people have.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronormativity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_heterosexuality