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heteronormativity

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Assumption of a person’s heterosexuality. 

Additional notes and information

Sources

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights − FRA (2009). Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the EU Member States: Part II – The Social Situation. Available at:

http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/397-FRA_hdgso_repor...

Ryšiai

Related term:
homophobia, heterosexism, transphobia
Broader term:
prejudices, sexual orientation
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1237?lang=en
Filed under: 
Social affairs
Gender norms
Sex, gender and sexuality
Identity and the body

 

The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date. EIGE is currently looking into which terms may need to be updated in the future.