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Pornonormativity

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pornonormativity is a noun meaning The phenomenon of human sexual expression being shaped by the conventions of mainstream pornography.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

Female same-sex sexuality is represented in ways which are circumscribed by the conventions of pornonormativity and heteroflexibility.
Sadomasochism has been analyzed in recent times by sociologists, social psychologists and others in terms of 'pornonormativity', i.e. sexual scripts derived from images and narratives of porn […]
Don Slater makes use of a similar term, "pornonormativity," when discussing the repetition of heterporn conventions in IRC porn exchanges. The aspects of "pornonormativity" include the recycling of sex acts, body types, fetishes, and kinks familiar from so-called mainstream porn, deeply gendered self-representatives ("young blonde bombshells and well-hung dudes"), […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mononormativity, homonormativity, heteronormativity, repronormativity, binormativity, normophilia.

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