amatonormativity
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A compound of Latin amātō or amātus and normativity, modeled on heteronormativity and coined by philosophy professor Elizabeth Brake in 2011.[1]
Noun
[edit]amatonormativity (uncountable)
- (neologism) The assumption that all human beings pursue love or romance, especially by means of a monogamous long-term relationship.
- 2011, Elizabeth Brake, Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law, page 98:
- Amatonormativity is oppressive when it privileges members of one form of caring relationship at the expense of noncomformists, whose opportunities are thereby significantly worsened.
- 2017, Carrie Jenkins, What Love Is: And What It Could Be, unnumbered page:
- Casual amatonormativity is routine even in scholarly research.
- 2020 February 12, Sophia Brown, “Redefining Valentine's Day culture on campus”, in The Catalyst, New College of Florida, page 9:
- "I dislike [Valentine's Day] because I'm aromantic and it's very symbolic of the culture of amatonormativity," thesis student Aiden Juge commented.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:amatonormativity.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]societal assumption
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References
[edit]- ^ Elizabeth Brake (n.d.) “Amatonormativity”, in Elizabeth Brake [personal website], WordPress, retrieved 2021-05-08: “Amatonormativity is a word I coined to describe the widespread assumption that everyone is better off in an exclusive, romantic, long-term coupled relationship, and that everyone is seeking such a relationship.”