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Heteronormativity vs Homosexuality - What's the difference?

heteronormativity | homosexuality |

As nouns the difference between heteronormativity and homosexuality

is that heteronormativity is the view that all human beings are either male or female, both in sex and in gender, and that sexual and romantic thoughts and relations are normal only when between people of different sexes while homosexuality is the state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily to persons of the same sex.

heteronormativity

English

Noun

(heteronormativities)
  • The view that all human beings are either male or female, both in sex and in gender, and that sexual and romantic thoughts and relations are normal only when between people of different sexes.
  • Discrimination against non-heteronormative individuals.
  • Situations wherein non-heteronormative individuals are ignored or presumed to not exist.

    • Coordinate terms

    * cisnormativity

    homosexuality

    English

    (wikipedia homosexuality)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily to persons of the same sex.
  • Sexual activity with a person of the same sex.

    • Usage notes

    Homosexuality in women is also known as lesbianism. As homosexuality'' applies to people of either sex, the expression ''homosexuality and lesbianism'' is redundant and is best replaced by ''homosexuality'' or ''lesbianism'' alone as appropriate. Different cultural constructions of same-sex love are collectively referred to as ''homosexualities.

    Synonyms

    * gayness, queerness * homosexualism * lesbianism (applied only to women) * uranism (rare)

    Antonyms

    * heterosexuality * straightness (slang)

    Hyponyms

    * scissoring

    See also

    * * pederasty * homosexual * gay * lesbian * GLBT English words prefixed with homo-