HREQ 1700 Study Guide - Final Guide: Compulsory Heterosexuality, Adrienne Rich, Heteronormativity
25 Feb 2020
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Review for final exam for hreq 1700 summer 2019. Terms & concepts: define the term or concept, explain its significance in the context of the course. You will get 7 terms or concepts and you are asked to answer 5 of them 10% each. Heteronormativity is the reinforcement of certain viewpoints by many social institutions and social policies. These viewpoints include the idea that human beings fall into two distinct and complementary categories: male and female, that sexual and marital relations are normal only when between people of different sexes, and that each sex has certain. Therefore, physical sex, gender identity, and gender roles should in any given person align to either all-male or all-female norms, and heterosexuality is considered to be the only normal sexual orientation. The norms this term describes or criticizes might be overt, covert, or implied.
