heterosociality

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ sociality.

Noun

heterosociality (uncountable)

1. (sociology, psychology) Social interaction between men and women. [from 20th c.]
   • 2002, Barrie Gunter, Media Sex: What are the Issues?, →ISBN, page 67:

     Gagnon (1990; Gagnon & Simon, 1973) proposed important and relevant differences in sexual scripts stemming from women's socialisation into heterosociality before heterosexuality, in contrast to men's socialisation into masturbation and heterosexuality before heterosociality.

   • 2013, Chris Mounsey, Developments in the Histories of Sexualities, →ISBN, page 245:

     Potkay is noticing much the same thing, I suspect, when he opposes the polite heterosociality of eighteenth-century conversation, […]

Antonyms

• homosociality

Related terms

• heterosocial
• heterosocially
• heterosociability

Translations

sociality with members of the opposite sex

• French: hétérosocialité (fr) f
• Greek: ετεροκοινωνικότητα (el) f (eterokoinonikótita)