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HETEROSEXUAL PARTNER [4 records]

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Record 1 2025-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology
DEF

A member of an online subculture consisting primarily of heterosexual men who self-identify as being unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one, and who often express frustration, resentment, or hostility toward women, sexually active men, or societal norms related to dating and attractiveness.

CONT

Incels are misogynists who are deeply suspicious and disparaging of women, whom they blame for denying them their right to sexual intercourse.

OBS

Although the designations "involuntary celibate" and "incels" originated as neutral descriptors, they have since become strongly associated with misogynistic ideology in certain communities.

OBS

incel: A portmanteau word made by combining the words "involuntary" and "celibate."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie
DEF

Membre d'une sous-culture en ligne composée principalement d'hommes hétérosexuels se disant incapables de trouver une partenaire romantique ou sexuelle et qui expriment souvent de la frustration, du ressentiment ou de l'hostilité envers les femmes, les hommes sexuellement actifs et les normes sociales liées aux rencontres amoureuses et à l'attirance physique.

CONT

[...] la communauté des «incels» (célibataires involontaires), connue pour sa haine des femmes et des hommes actifs sexuellement et ses propos misogynes faisant l'apologie du viol.

OBS

À l'origine neutres, les désignations «célibataire involontaire» et «incel» ont depuis quelques années revêtu une connotation péjorative en raison leur association à une idéologie misogyne véhiculée par certaines communautés en ligne.

OBS

incel : Mot-valise résultant de la fusion des mots anglais «involuntary» (involontaire) et «celibate» (célibataire).

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sexology
CONT

Mixed-orientation couples are those in which one partner is heterosexual and the other partner is lesbian, gay, or bisexual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sexologie

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
CONT

This study attempted to identify the proportion of heterosexual transmission in the U. S. that is secondary(i. e., cases where the patient cannot identify a primary risk factor for HIV in their partner(s)), such as homosexual sex and injection drug use. While distinguishing "primary" from "secondary" transmission may be useful in targeting specific educational interventions, from a clinical standpoint it is irrelevant to appropriate management.

OBS

When people infected by (high risk behaviour) pass the virus on to their regular sexual partners.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
CONT

La transmission d'agents infectieux par le sperme de donneurs contaminés peut se traduire par une infection ou une maladie chez la receveuse. Il peut également y avoir transmission secondaire chez les partenaires sexuels et les proches de la receveuse, de même que chez le fœtus ou le nourrisson d'une mère receveuse infectée.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
  • Sociology of Work
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

Beginning in 1993, the definition of "spouses" for all purposes of the Income Tax Act is extended to include partners of the opposite sex who are living together in a conjugal relationship and have either been living together for 12 consecutive months or are the parents of a child.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
  • Sociologie du travail
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
CONT

Depuis 1993, la définition de «conjoint» aux fins de la Loi de l'impôt sur le revenu est élargie et comprend les partenaires de sexe opposé qui vivent ensemble en relation conjugale et qui cohabitent depuis douze mois consécutifs ou sont les parents d'un enfant.

OBS

Voir aussi conjoint de sexe opposé.

Key term(s)
  • concubin hétéro

Spanish

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