And suddenly that word, “heterosexual,” becomes less than the helpful, scientifically precise term one might wish for. But her partner has a complicated genome, with some ordinary male XY cells and some that have an XXY pattern, giving him a softer, more stereotypically feminine aspect than usual, despite standard-issue male genitalia. She has had romantic relationships with women in the past - so, no, right? Now, though, she is in a stable, long-term romantic partnership with a man (so, yes, right?). Blank herself a heterosexual? That question prompts the first of her looping mind games. Blank darts from one intriguing, thought-provoking point to another.Is Ms. readers never previously moved to reason from first principles exactly what it means to be a heterosexual or act like one - Ms. One can almost hear a chorus of experts in the many sciences of sex and gender muttering that her amusing, readable synthesis is a featherweight effort, simplistic and derivative. "In Search of the Elusive Definition of Heterosexuality" New York Times. The history of straightness is much shorter than you'd think. "The Invention of the Heterosexual." Interview. Kirkus Reviews, NovemThe author uses wisdom and wit to substantiate her contention that love and passion are not definable by biology. "Hanne Blank on the surprisingly short history of heterosexuality". Read the Introduction to Straight on Scribd
With an eclectic scope and fascinating detail, Straight tells the eye-opening story of a complex and often contradictory man-made creation that is all too often assumed to be an irreducible fact of biology. Ranging from Henry VIII to testicle transplants, Disneyland to sodomy laws, and Moby Dick to artificial insemination, the history of heterosexuality turns out to be anything but straight or narrow. Illuminating the hidden patterns in centuries of events and trends, Blank shows how culture creates and manipulates the ways we think about and experience desire, love, and relationships between men and women.
In this surprising chronicle, historian Hanne Blank digs deep into the past of sexual orientation while simultaneously exploring its contemporary psyche. Heterosexuality is not a fact of nature, it’s a nineteenth-century invention, only about as old as the traffic light.
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