Heterosexual
adjective
A person who is sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
Most people in the world are heterosexual.
Often appears as...
- heterosexual relationship
- heterosexual couple
noun
Person who is attracted to people of the opposite sex.
She identifies as a heterosexual.
adjective
A person who is sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
Most people in the world are heterosexual.
Often appears as...
- heterosexual relationship
- heterosexual couple
noun
Person who is attracted to people of the opposite sex.
She identifies as a heterosexual.
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Context Nuance
Used to describe someone's sexual orientation, not just to specify gender.
He’s heterosexual, which means he dates women.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be understanding and respectful when discussing sexual orientation, as this is a personal and cultural identity.
In her culture, being heterosexual is considered the norm.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Term
Heterosexual is a factual term without negative or positive connotations.
Their study focused on heterosexual vs. homosexual behavior.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Nuance
Used to describe someone's sexual orientation, not just to specify gender.
He’s heterosexual, which means he dates women.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be understanding and respectful when discussing sexual orientation, as this is a personal and cultural identity.
In her culture, being heterosexual is considered the norm.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Term
Heterosexual is a factual term without negative or positive connotations.
Their study focused on heterosexual vs. homosexual behavior.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Nuance
Used to describe someone's sexual orientation, not just to specify gender.
He’s heterosexual, which means he dates women.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be understanding and respectful when discussing sexual orientation, as this is a personal and cultural identity.
In her culture, being heterosexual is considered the norm.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Term
Heterosexual is a factual term without negative or positive connotations.
Their study focused on heterosexual vs. homosexual behavior.
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Video examples
Jackson Katz: Violence...
think it means women. In each case, the dominant group doesn't get paid attention to. As if white people don't have some sort of racial identity or belong to some racial category or construct, as if heterosexual people don't have a sexual orientation, as if men don't have a gender. This is one of the ways that dominant systems maintain and reproduce themselves,
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The story we tell about...
accounting for 50 percent of the world's millennials, it's clear that the white, often male, heterosexual narrative of the millennial is only telling half the story. Now, there's many people trying to broaden the palette. They're fighting to get their stories told and bust the millennial stereotype.
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Are we sexual omnivores?...
by making this audience participation. All right. Are you with me? Yeah. Yeah. All right. So what I'd like to do is have you raise your hand if you've ever heard a heterosexual couple having sex. Could be the neighbors, hotel room, your parents. Sorry. Okay. Pretty much everybody.
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Hans Rosling: Let my...
And it's really different within each country. Look at the provinces of Kenya. They are very different. And this is the situation you see. It's not deep poverty. It's the special situation, probably of concurrent sexual partnership among part of the heterosexual population
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How in vitro fertilizatio...
Her birth revolutionized the field of reproductive medicine. Given that approximately one in eight heterosexual couples has difficulty conceiving, and that homosexual couples and single parents often need clinical help to make a baby,
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A Sex Therapist's Secret...
That's the kind where the performers actually want to be there. Recently, I was working with a heterosexual couple that needed an arousal boost. They were trying to get back into sex after having a baby.
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Sex Change PIPE National...
I'm looking for is a solid sound relationship with a heterosexual guy so it is the end for me but it's the end one part of my life and it's the beginning of a new part it's a rebirth
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Neil deGrasse Tyson on...
heterosexual people on their relationships and you might say well what would he know and then you realize he has deep insights into people and conduct and and so the urge to think he
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How your brain decides...
is the effect of hormones. And here, I need to apologize for confining my comments to heterosexual norms. But estrogen and testosterone play important roles
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TEDWomen 2015 in review...
this is like a terrible conference to be single at when you're a heterosexual women oh sorry I didn't mean to label myself
Video examples
Jackson Katz: Violence...
think it means women. In each case, the dominant group doesn't get paid attention to. As if white people don't have some sort of racial identity or belong to some racial category or construct, as if heterosexual people don't have a sexual orientation, as if men don't have a gender. This is one of the ways that dominant systems maintain and reproduce themselves,
Video examples
The story we tell about...
accounting for 50 percent of the world's millennials, it's clear that the white, often male, heterosexual narrative of the millennial is only telling half the story. Now, there's many people trying to broaden the palette. They're fighting to get their stories told and bust the millennial stereotype.
Video examples
Are we sexual omnivores?...
by making this audience participation. All right. Are you with me? Yeah. Yeah. All right. So what I'd like to do is have you raise your hand if you've ever heard a heterosexual couple having sex. Could be the neighbors, hotel room, your parents. Sorry. Okay. Pretty much everybody.
Video examples
Hans Rosling: Let my...
And it's really different within each country. Look at the provinces of Kenya. They are very different. And this is the situation you see. It's not deep poverty. It's the special situation, probably of concurrent sexual partnership among part of the heterosexual population
Video examples
How in vitro fertilizatio...
Her birth revolutionized the field of reproductive medicine. Given that approximately one in eight heterosexual couples has difficulty conceiving, and that homosexual couples and single parents often need clinical help to make a baby,
Video examples
A Sex Therapist's Secret...
That's the kind where the performers actually want to be there. Recently, I was working with a heterosexual couple that needed an arousal boost. They were trying to get back into sex after having a baby.
Video examples
Sex Change PIPE National...
I'm looking for is a solid sound relationship with a heterosexual guy so it is the end for me but it's the end one part of my life and it's the beginning of a new part it's a rebirth
Video examples
Neil deGrasse Tyson on...
heterosexual people on their relationships and you might say well what would he know and then you realize he has deep insights into people and conduct and and so the urge to think he
Video examples
How your brain decides...
is the effect of hormones. And here, I need to apologize for confining my comments to heterosexual norms. But estrogen and testosterone play important roles
Video examples
TEDWomen 2015 in review...
this is like a terrible conference to be single at when you're a heterosexual women oh sorry I didn't mean to label myself
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Quote examples
Anita Sarkeesian
Canadian Critic
We are witnessing a very slow and painful cultural shift. Some male gamers with a deep sense of entitlement are terrified of change. They believe games should continue to cater exclusively to young heterosexual men with ever more extreme virtual power fantasies.
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Jerry Falwell
American Clergyman
We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle.
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Whitney Wolfe Herd
American Businesswoman
The dynamic of how women and men are meant to interact, for those of us who are looking for a heterosexual relationship, is very broken, and it leads to a lot of really dysfunctional relationships, abusive and otherwise.
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Tituss Burgess
American Actor
There is still a great deal of self-hatred that we refuse to deal with because we are still measuring ourselves against the norms of a masculine, heterosexual world. That is the backdrop with which we measure the man.
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Michael Eric Dyson
American Author
There is no conscious choice of heterosexual identity any more than there is a homosexual one. The last person in the world who wants to be homosexual, for the most part, are homosexuals.
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Konkona Sen Sharma
Indian Actress
There are only certain kinds of people who are shown falling in love. It's by and large always heterosexual, it is either thin or fair people. It's not like that in the real world.
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Sue Perkins
English Comedian
Sometimes I get into the mindset that being heterosexual is a brave new world, because you can conceive, and you work out the rest of it once you're pregnant.
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Jasmine Guy
American Actress
It seems to me the most important issue in the LGBT community is the right to be queer-the right to be free of the heterosexual assumption.
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Ranbir Kapoor
Indian Actor
I'm very heterosexual, so dating women is something I'm not ashamed of. But my love life is not as exciting as it is reported to be.
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John Rocha
Chinese Designer
As a heterosexual designer, it is really, really important to have a woman's point of view.
Quote examples
Anita Sarkeesian
Canadian Critic
We are witnessing a very slow and painful cultural shift. Some male gamers with a deep sense of entitlement are terrified of change. They believe games should continue to cater exclusively to young heterosexual men with ever more extreme virtual power fantasies.
Quote examples
Jerry Falwell
American Clergyman
We will see a breakdown of the family and family values if we decide to approve same-sex marriage, and if we decide to establish homosexuality as an acceptable alternative lifestyle with all the benefits that go with equating it with the heterosexual lifestyle.
Quote examples
Whitney Wolfe Herd
American Businesswoman
The dynamic of how women and men are meant to interact, for those of us who are looking for a heterosexual relationship, is very broken, and it leads to a lot of really dysfunctional relationships, abusive and otherwise.
Quote examples
Tituss Burgess
American Actor
There is still a great deal of self-hatred that we refuse to deal with because we are still measuring ourselves against the norms of a masculine, heterosexual world. That is the backdrop with which we measure the man.
Quote examples
Michael Eric Dyson
American Author
There is no conscious choice of heterosexual identity any more than there is a homosexual one. The last person in the world who wants to be homosexual, for the most part, are homosexuals.
Quote examples
Konkona Sen Sharma
Indian Actress
There are only certain kinds of people who are shown falling in love. It's by and large always heterosexual, it is either thin or fair people. It's not like that in the real world.
Quote examples
Sue Perkins
English Comedian
Sometimes I get into the mindset that being heterosexual is a brave new world, because you can conceive, and you work out the rest of it once you're pregnant.
Quote examples
Jasmine Guy
American Actress
It seems to me the most important issue in the LGBT community is the right to be queer-the right to be free of the heterosexual assumption.
Quote examples
Ranbir Kapoor
Indian Actor
I'm very heterosexual, so dating women is something I'm not ashamed of. But my love life is not as exciting as it is reported to be.
Quote examples
John Rocha
Chinese Designer
As a heterosexual designer, it is really, really important to have a woman's point of view.
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