What is the heterosexual assumption and how is it evident in everyday life?
What will be an ideal response?
Suggested Response:
The heterosexual assumption is the assumption that everyone is born heterosexual and that being attracted to the opposite sex is a natural condition for human beings. Some ways it is evident in everyday life include:
• Advertisements on television do not include same sex couples when presenting couples. They are not show buying furniture, preparing for a baby's arrival or buying presents for each other.
• LGBT people are asked when they knew they were gay but heterosexual people are not asked when they knew they were straight.
• Children are teasingly asked if they have a girlfriend if they are a boy or a boyfriend if they are a girl.
• Wedding planning fairs are aimed at male/female couples and not gay couples.
• LGBT people are asked if they have had sex with opposite sex partners to determine if they are really gay but a straight person is not asked if he or she has had sex with a same sex partner to determine if he or she is really straight.
• Magazines aimed at women display articles on how to catch a man or things that drive men crazy in bed but not on how to please a woman.
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