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repronormativity

repronormativity noun: the assumption that all humans want to have children, especially within the context of a monogamous heterosexual relationship.

Noun

repronormativity (uncountable)

  1. The assumption that all humans want to have children, especially within the context of a monogamous heterosexual relationship.
    • Her feminist rewriting of the Nation thereby disrupts in its own ways national family values and the Nation's dependence on heterosexual repronormativity.2000, Jarrod Hayes, Queer Nations: Marginal Sexualities in the Maghreb, page 183
    • That is to say, repronormativity remains in the closet even while heteronormativity has stepped more into the light of the theoretical and political day.2001 January, Katherine M. Franke, “Theorizing Yes: An Essay On Feminism, Law, And Desire”, in Columbia Law Review, volume 101, number 181, page 185

Origin of repronormativity

From repro- + normativity, or from repronormative + -ity.

Questions about repronormativity

What does repronormativity mean?
Repronormativity means the assumption that all humans want to have children, especially within the context of a monogamous heterosexual relationship.
What part of speech is repronormativity?
Repronormativity is a noun.

Words near repronormativity in the dictionary

  1. repromulgates
  2. repromulgating
  3. repromulgation
  4. repromulgations
  5. repronormative
  6. repronormativity
  7. repronounce
  8. repronounced
  9. repronounces
  10. repronouncing
  11. repronunciation

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