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MONO-NORMATIVITY [1 record]

Record 1 2019-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

A cultural or social framework, often implicit, wherein all human beings are monoamorous and this is the norm.

OBS

Mononormativity leads to the marginalization of polyamourous people either by dismissing them, by presenting a favourable bias towards people who are monoamorous, or both.

Key term(s)
  • monormativity
  • mono-normativity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Cadre culturel ou social, souvent implicite, selon lequel tout le monde est monoamoureux et qu'il s'agit là de la norme.

OBS

La mononormativité engendre la marginalisation des personnes polyamoureuses. Elle repose soit sur l'effacement de ces dernières, soit sur un préjugé favorable envers les personnes monoamoureuses, soit sur ces deux prémisses.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
DEF

Normalidad, naturalidad y corrección moral supuestas de la pareja monogámica como forma de relación humana, sexual y afectiva.

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