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heterosexual matrix: a standalone construct

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heterosexualmatrix1 CONSTRUCTHeterosexual matrixBUTLER · FEMINIST THEORY

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Feminist theory

the grid of cultural intelligibility that assumes stable sex, gender and desire line up through compulsory heterosexuality.

In feminist theory, heterosexual matrix refers to the grid of cultural intelligibility that assumes stable sex, gender and desire line up through compulsory heterosexuality. This meaning comes from Butler (1990/1999) in Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity.[1]

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compulsory heterosexuality1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructgender3 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, three constructsgrid4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

  1. Butler, J. (1999). Gender trouble: Feminism and the subversion of identity (10th anniversary ed.). Routledge. (Original work published 1990) ISBN 9780415924993

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