Straighthood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Straighthood is a noun meaning The state or condition of being straight (morally, sexually, etc.).
Meaning
The state or condition of being straight (morally, sexually, etc.).
Example Sentences
I see now how tenaciously he was questioning my whole commitment to straighthood, what an evasion it was of confronting the unreason of my shame at being queer.
I think in general, it irritates me when straight people are allies and proclaim their straighthood. Like, publicly, if a famous person is like talking about, "Yes, everybody should be treated equal. It doesn't matter if you're gay. [...]"
Being with Paul was an interim solution. In effect, he and I seceded from straighthood together. Our relationship turned on a new kind of bisexual plot, its tension imparted by the lively possibility that one of us might leave the other for a gender.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include straightness, straitness, rectitude, straightforwardness, unstraightness, heterosexualness.
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