heteropessimism

Heteropessimism consists of performative disaffiliations with heterosexuality, usually expressed in the form of regret, embarrassment, or hopelessness about straight experience.

On Heteropessimism Asa Seresin 2019

But today, the general outlook among heterosexual daters has come to take on a less playful, more depressive tone — manifesting in what the writer Asa Seresin calls “heteropessimism,” a mode of feeling “usually expressed in the form of regret, embarrassment and hopelessness about the straight experience.”

Opinion | Straight People Need Better Rules for Sex By 2022

While most Americans still identify as heterosexual, the writer Asa Seresin in 2019 noted the rise of “heteropessimism,” the belief that being straight is “drab and predictable,” to the point that “indictments of heterosexuality have become something of a meme.”

Is True Love Possible? Readers Are Turning to This 1990s Novel for Answers. (Published 2023) By 2023

While most Americans still identify as heterosexual, the writer Asa Seresin in 2019 noted the rise of “heteropessimism,” the belief that being straight is “drab and predictable,” to the point that “indictments of heterosexuality have become something of a meme.”

Is True Love Possible? Readers Are Turning to This 1990s Novel for Answers. (Published 2023) By 2023