Used in a Sentence

heterosexuality

How to use heterosexuality in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for heterosexuality.

Editorial note

Some people "born gay" experiment with heterosexuality, and end up the better for it.

Examples14
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of heterosexuality gathered in one view.

noun

a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for heterosexuality.

Example sentences

1

Some people "born gay" experiment with heterosexuality, and end up the better for it.

2

There are plenty of straight folks doing this same thing but there is no ban on people from talking about heterosexuality around minors.

3

To illustrate: How often do people hear heterosexuality applied as a pejorative label?

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Assuming heterosexuality here for simplicity's sake, being a good looking guy in a group of good looking guys increases the chance that one or more good looking women will hang out with the group.

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"It's a mental illness, don't blame the person", is kinder than "They are filthy amoral degenerate", but not as kind as "It's as valid a relationship type as heterosexuality"

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"Asexual" isn't the term you're looking for -- asexuality has no more to do with what gender you identify as than heterosexuality, bisexuality, etc.

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Bringing home the boyfriend/girlfriend is implicitly declaring your heterosexuality, telling your family you are gay is explicitly declaring you are gay.

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All you can show with current studies is that there might be a biological reason why aggressively indoctrinating all children into heterosexuality might not in fact cause everybody to conform.

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"a different lifestyle" - homosexuality is not more a lifestyle than heterosexuality.

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They don't suggest that heterosexuality and homosexuality are necessarily in-born.

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Point being, it seems privilege can be reasoned about in principle without employing group mentality.> To illustrate: How often do people hear heterosexuality applied as a pejorative label?On the surface we can reason that pejoratives are bad.

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Intimate heterosexuality: romanticizes women as having sexually purity.

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Doesn't that just mean "we have a foosball table and some in staff voted democrat and others republican"?They should say, "work with a team of both genders and different nationalities, a truly diverse team" and not place one gender on a string to dangle from a stick in front of the other gender, all while assuming heterosexuality.

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Modern "Leftist conformity" involves placing homosexuality and heterosexuality in a scientifically and sociologically spurious equivalence.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use heterosexuality in a sentence?

Some people "born gay" experiment with heterosexuality, and end up the better for it.

What does heterosexuality mean?

a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex

What part of speech is heterosexuality?

heterosexuality is commonly used as noun.