WGST 220 Lecture Notes - Compulsory Heterosexuality, Heterosexuality, Heteronormativity

• School: U of S
• Department: Womens and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 220
• Professor: Rachel Loewen Walker

Document Summary

Compulsory heterosexuality: the idea the heterosexuality is not just the norm but the default. We"re heterosexual until proven otherwise. the heterosexual questionnaire works on the heteronormativity of heterosexuals: no one has to come out as heterosexual, by call queer marginalized it reflects the norm. Compulsory able-bodiedness: the idea that able-bodiedness is not just the norm but the default. its hard to deny that something called normalcy exists. This is science, not culture in a nutshell, you have an able body or you dont