heterosexisme

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Danish

Etymology

hetero- +‎ sexisme

Noun

heterosexisme

  1. heterosexism
    • 2007, Bo Elbrønd-Bek, H.C. Andersens gåde: studier i H.C. Andersens eventyr og historier:
      Dette ord kan (ligesom heterosexisme og heteronormativitet) bruges mere snævert om negativitet over for det sammekønsseksuelle.
      This word can (just like heterosexism and heteronormativity) be used more narrowly about negativity towards same-gender sexual people.
    • 2002, Psykodynamisk leksikon, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 303:
      Problemet er snarere det, han kalder „heterosexisme" - på dansk taler man om „ den heteroseksuelle antagelse", der uvægerligt følges af „den heteroseksuelle målestok" (Bech/Lutzen 1986), ...
      More likely, the problem is what he calls "heterosexisme" - in Danish, one speaks of "the heterosexual presumption", which is unfailingly accompanied by "the heterosexual measuring stick" (Bech/Lutzen 1986), ...
    • 2008, Michael Hviid Jacobsen, Rasmus Willig, Anerkendelsespolitik:
      Bøsser og lesbiske bliver udsat for heterosexisme - den autoritative normkonstruktion, der favoriserer heteroseksualitet. Sideløbende med heterosexismen florerer homofobien - den kulturelle devaluering af homoseksualiteten.
      Gays and lesbians are exposed to heterosexism - the authoritative norm construction which favours heterosexuality. Running in parallel with heterosexism, homophobia flourishes - the cultural devaluation of homosexuality.
    • 2010, Nils Hammarén og Thomas Johansson, Identitet: kort og godt, Samfundslitteratur, →ISBN, page 79:
      De opfattes også som afvisende over for enhver form for kategorisering og generalisering, hvilket fører til, at kritikken mod heterosexismen og det mandlige hegemoni forsømmes (ibid.).
      They are also conceived as rejecting any form of categorization and generalization, which leads to the criticism of heterosexism and male hegemony being neglected (ibid.).
    • 2007, Ulla Angkjær Jørgensen, Kropslig kunst: æstetik, køn og kunstanalyse, Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, page 134:
      Toril Moi viser med sin kritik af poststrukturalismens kritik af heterosexismen, at det er urigtigt at benægte, at der findes to forskellige kroppe.
      With his/her critique of post-structuralism's critique of heterosexism, Toril Moi shows that it is not right to deny that two different bodies exist.

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