Adjective

(en adjective)

Of or pertaining to the practices and institutions that legitimize and privilege heterosexuality, heterosexual relationships, and traditional gender roles as fundamental and "natural" within society.

Much of the language used when discussing wedding planning is heteronormative , which can alienate homosexual couples.

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, year = 1997 , month = Summer , title = “Stop Reading Films!”: Film Studies, Close Analysis, and Gay Pornography , first = John , last = Champagne , journal = (Cinema Journal) , issn = 0009-7101 , volume = 36 , issue = 4 , jstor = 1225614 , page = 82 , passage = This suggests both that film studies can be heteronormative even when it is analyzing homosexual representations and that close textual analysis is itself structured by heterosexual presumptions and assumptions. }}

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, date = 1998-02-28 , chapter = Philadelphia : AIDS, Representation, Organization , first = Ruth , last = Holliday , title = Organization-Representation: Work and Organizations in Popular Culture , editors = John Hassard, Ruth Holliday , publisher = SAGE , isbn = 9780761953920 , ol = 8030203M , page = 102 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=OEFuP4LgavAC&pg=PA102&dq=heteronormative , passage = In the same way, homosexuality and bisexuality will always be seen as problematic in heteronormative organizations. }}

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