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heterosexuality

[ het-er-uh-sek-shoo-al-i-teeor, especially British, -seks-yoo- ]

noun

  1. sexual desire or behavior directed toward people of the other binary gender.
  2. the state of being sexually attracted only to the other binary gender.


heterosexuality

  1. Sexual attraction between a male and a female. ( Compare bisexuality and homosexuality .)
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Origin of heterosexuality1

First recorded in 1895–1900; hetero- + sexuality
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“Being LGBTQ, having those labels, does not remove your stupidity, just like heterosexuality does not remove your stupidity,” she told Vanity Fair.

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But this book isn’t interested in gender, or heterosexuality.

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It created space for women to ask the question: Why should they sacrifice their happiness to save the institution of heterosexuality?

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In that movement, some Korean women are declaring they will "boycott" what they see as the four pillars of heterosexuality: dating, marriage, sex and childbirth.

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He likes what he likes, and if you think his taste is weird, he finds conventional heterosexuality to be even weirder.

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