Cisheteropatriarchy
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The dominance of cisgender heterosexual males in society. countable, uncountable
"These hegemonic practices reconstitute social divisions that benefit cisheteropatriarchy, an ideological system that naturalizes normative views of what it means to “look” and “act” like a “straight” man and marginalizes women, femininity, and all gender non-conforming bodies that challenge the gender binary."
Example
More examples"These hegemonic practices reconstitute social divisions that benefit cisheteropatriarchy, an ideological system that naturalizes normative views of what it means to “look” and “act” like a “straight” man and marginalizes women, femininity, and all gender non-conforming bodies that challenge the gender binary."
Etymology
From cis- + hetero- + patriarchy.
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