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heterosexuality

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Sexual, emotional and/or romantic attraction to a sex other than one’s own. 

Additional notes and information

Sources

IPS-Inter Press Service (2010). Gender and Development Glossary: A Tool for Journalists and Writers.

Relations

Related term:
heterosexual
Broader term:
sexual orientation
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1240?lang=en
Filed under: 
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The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date.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.