heteropessimism
Meanings
noun
- Disillusionment with heterosexuality, typically expressed in an ironic, performative manner and grounded in an essentialist or deterministic view of gender relations.
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Etymology
From hetero- + pessimism, coined by sexuality scholar Asa Seresin, see quotations.
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