Allonormativity

Allonormativity is the concept that all humans experience sexual attraction and romantic attraction. It is the force which upholds compulsory sexuality, the social systems and structures which privilege or incentivize sexual relationships over single individuals.[1][2]

The term could be considered an expansion of heteronormativity, the idea that heterosexuality is the default or normative sexuality. The term is often used when discussing the pathologization,[3] erasure,[4] and dehumanization[5] of asexual and aromantic individuals in society, media, and within academic discourses.

  1. ^ Hart-Brinson, Peter; Tlachac, M. L.; Lepien, Emily (2023-06-27). "Contradictions in Experiences of Compulsory Sexuality and Pathways to Asexual Citizenship". Sexuality & Culture. doi:10.1007/s12119-023-10110-1. ISSN 1936-4822.
  2. ^ Brandley, Ben; Spencer, Leland G. (2023-01-01). "Rhetorics of Allonormativity: The Case of Asexual Latter-day Saints". Southern Communication Journal. 88 (1): 1–15. doi:10.1080/1041794X.2022.2108891. ISSN 1041-794X.
  3. ^ Schneckenburger, Stella A.; Tam, Michelle W. Y.; Ross, Lori E. (2023-06-06). "Asexual competent practices in healthcare: A narrative review". Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health: 1–21. doi:10.1080/19359705.2023.2214528. ISSN 1935-9705.
  4. ^ Mollet, Amanda L. (2020). ""I Have a Lot of Feelings, Just None in the Genitalia Region": A Grounded Theory of Asexual College Students' Identity Journeys". Journal of College Student Development. 61 (2): 189–206. doi:10.1353/csd.2020.0017. ISSN 1543-3382.
  5. ^ Brandley, Ben; Dehnert, Marco (2023-03-17). ""I am not a Robot, I am Asexual": A Qualitative Critique of Allonormative Discourses of Ace and Aro Folks as Robots, Aliens, Monsters". Journal of Homosexuality: 1–24. doi:10.1080/00918369.2023.2185092. ISSN 0091-8369.

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