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[[Image:Corn.jpg|thumb|300px|Natures beauty - a man making sweet love to a woman.]]'''Heterosexism''' is a counterpart to the more familiar term [[homophobia]]. It is analogous to [[racism]] and [[sexism]] and describes an ideological system which considers [[heterosexuality]] normal and inherently superior to other sexualities. It is also used to refer to the consequences which flow from that ideology.
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'''Heterosexism''' is a counterpart to the more familiar term [[homophobia]]. It is analogous to [[racism]] and [[sexism]] and describes an ideological system which considers [[heterosexuality]] normal and inherently superior to other sexualities. It is also used to refer to the consequences which flow from that ideology.
  
 
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Revision as of 21:40, 24 October 2007

Heterosexism is a counterpart to the more familiar term homophobia. It is analogous to racism and sexism and describes an ideological system which considers heterosexuality normal and inherently superior to other sexualities. It is also used to refer to the consequences which flow from that ideology.