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heterosociality

heterosociality noun: social interaction between men and women.

Noun

heterosociality (uncountable)

  1. Social interaction between men and women.
    • Gagnon (1990; Gagnon & Simon, 1973) proposed important and relevant differences in sexual scripts stemming from women's socialisation into heterosociality before heterosexuality, in contrast to men's socialisation into masturbation and heterosexuality before heterosociality.2002, Barrie Gunter, Media Sex: What are the Issues?, →ISBN, page 67
    • Potkay is noticing much the same thing, I suspect, when he opposes the polite heterosociality of eighteenth-century conversation, […]2013, Chris Mounsey, Developments in the Histories of Sexualities, →ISBN, page 245

Antonyms of heterosociality

Origin of heterosociality

From hetero- + sociality.

Questions about heterosociality

What does heterosociality mean?
Heterosociality means social interaction between men and women.
What part of speech is heterosociality?
Heterosociality is a noun.

Words near heterosociality in the dictionary

  1. heteroskedastically
  2. heteroskedasticity
  3. heteroslop
  4. heterosociability
  5. heterosocial
  6. heterosociality
  7. heterosocially
  8. heterosomal
  9. heterosomatous
  10. heterosome
  11. heterosomes

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