Definitions
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- adverb In a
heteronormative manner or context.
Etymologies
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heteronormative + -ly
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Examples
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Therefore heteronormatively thinking men and women should have the exact same amount of partners on the average.
Major International Study on Sexual Behavior Challenges Myths 2006
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And it's not coincidental that this is about Weir, who receives a disturbing amount of scrutiny and gender-policing because he does not conform to "approved" heteronormatively masculine standards and because he is queer [ed: Weir is not openly gay].
Jezebel 2010
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And so the obligation becomes to either get with the program (lose weight, present heteronormatively, don't look too "ethnic") or hide.
feminist blogs 2009
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