Pornonormativity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The phenomenon of human sexual expression being shaped by the conventions of mainstream pornography. uncountable

    "Female same-sex sexuality is represented in ways which are circumscribed by the conventions of pornonormativity and heteroflexibility."

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"Female same-sex sexuality is represented in ways which are circumscribed by the conventions of pornonormativity and heteroflexibility."

Etymology

From porno- + normativity.

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