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Compulsory Heterosexuality
First coined by Adrienne Rich (1980), the term compulsory heterosexuality refers to the idea that heterosexuality is constructed, institutionalized, and reinforced as not only a universal, but the only “normal” and “acceptable” form of sexuality. One idea behind compulsory heterosexuality ...
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- International Development and Human Rights
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- Death Penalty, Gender and the
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- “Down Low,” The
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- Anti-Miscegenation Laws
- Anzaldúa, Gloria
- Berdache (Two-Spirit)
- Black Feminist Thought
- Body Politics
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- Death Penalty, Gender and the
- Ethnic Cleansing
- Eugenics
- Gangs, Boys
- Gangs, Girls
- Genocide
- Global Care Chain Work
- Health Care Systems, Hidden/Informal
- Health Disparities
- Hijra/Hejira
- Hip-Hop/Rap
- HIV/AIDS
- Immigrant Households and Gender Dynamics
- Indian General Allotment Act
- Intersectionality
- Kamal, Sufia
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- Mestiza Consciousness
- Million Man March
- Naidu, Sarojini
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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- National Council of Negro Women
- Postcolonial/Subaltern Feminism
- Prison Culture and Demographics
- Ramabai, Pandita
- Ransome-Kuti, Olufunmilayo
- Sarria, José
- Sati
- Self-Esteem
- Sentencing, Gender Differences
- Shaarawi, Huda
- Stratified Reproduction
- Sufia Kamal
- Torture
- Traditional Healing
- Truth, Sojourner
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- Adultery
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- Domestic Labor
- Domestic Partners/Civil Unions
- Domestic Violence
- Dowry/Daaj
- Eldercare
- Emotion Work
- Extended Families
- Family Law
- Family Medical Leave Act of 1963
- Family Wage
- Family, Organization of
- Fatherhood Movements
- Feminization of Migration
- Gender Stereotypes
- Global Care Chain Work
- Gynecology
- Hegemonic Masculinity
- Household Family and Medical Leave Act
- Household Livelihood Strategies
- Immigrant Households and Gender Dynamics
- Incest
- Infertility
- Mail-Order Brides
- Marriage
- Marriage Promotion Act
- Married Women's Property Acts
- Mate Selection
- Maternalism
- Maternity Leave
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- Midwifery
- Military Families
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- Parental Leave
- Patriarchy
- Polyamory
- Polygamy
- Poverty, Feminization of
- Pregnancy
- Prison and Parenting
- Private/Public Spheres
- Romance and Relationships
- Same-Sex Families
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Sati
- Sexuality and Reproduction
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Single-Parent Households
- Sperm Donors
- Surrogacy
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- Uniform Marital Property Act
- Veiling
- Welfare Reform
- Wet Nursing
- Workfare
- Religion, Mythology, and Spirituality
- Christianity and Homosexuality
- Christianity: Status of Women in
- Clergy Sex Scandals
- Deities, Gender Images and
- Divine Feminine Spirituality
- Honor Killings
- Hysteria
- Judaism, Gender Roles and
- Mormons, Gender Roles and
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- Wicca
- Witches
- Women and Islam
- Yin-Yang
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- Breast Implants
- Cancer
- Chromosome Disorders
- Cyborg Manifesto
- Depression
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- Education: Gender Differences
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- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Gender and the Brain
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- Mental Health
- Midwifery
- New Reproductive Technologies
- Population Control
- Postmodern Feminism
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Premenstrual Syndrome
- Psychoanalytic Feminism
- Queer Studies
- Research, Gender Bias in
- Scientific Motherhood
- Sex Education
- Sexology and Sex Research
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Standpoint Theory
- Steroids
- Traditional Healing
- Transgender Studies
- Women in Science
- Women Studies
- Women's Health Movements
- Sexuality and Reproduction
- “Down Low,” The
- Tearoom Trade
- Abortion
- Activo/Passivo Sex Roles
- Bisexuality
- Breastfeeding
- Celibacy
- Chastity
- Compulsory Heterosexuality
- Contraception
- Cybersex
- Feminist Sex Wars
- Fertility Rates
- Heterosexual Privilege
- Heterosexuality
- Homophobia
- Homosexuality
- Incest
- Infertility
- Lesbian
- Masturbation
- Mate Selection
- Morning-After Pill
- Nature/Nurture Debate
- New Reproductive Technologies
- Penile Erectile Dysfunction
- Phallocentrism
- Polyamory
- Pornography, Contemporary-Mainstream
- Pornography, Legal and Political Perspectives
- Queer
- Sadomasochism
- Safer Sex
- Sex Toys
- Sexology and Sex Research
- Sex-Radical Feminists
- Sexual Activity: Age at First Intercourse
- Sexual Identities and Socialization
- Sexual Rights and Citizenship
- Sexual Slavery
- Sexuality and Reproduction
- Sodomy
- Sperm Donors
- Sports and Homosexuality
- Sterilization
- Stratified Reproduction
- Surrogacy
- Tea Rooms
- Teen Pregnancy
- Virginity
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