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And what if you

dont follow
the rules? Heteronormativity:
Heteronormativity springs from the
First they wanna know if youre Being lesbian, gay, bisexual or assumption that everyone is heterosexual, as
a boy or a girl transgender in a straight world: well as from the assumption that there are
only two genders, men and women, and that
Your family life will be seen as too private to talk men are masculine and women are feminine.
Then they about, while straights can talk about their weekend Heteronormativity also supposes that these
expect you activities or the partners new work. two genders attract and complete each other
to act You might face discrimination based on homo-, and that this is the only normal and wanted
e
masculin
bi- or transphobia way to live.
Your life experiences will not be represented in
media, on TV or in books
You might be pathologized
You will most likely not be allowed to marry the
Why is
person you love heteronormativity a
You might face violence or threats problem in higher
Some of these examples isolated may seem education?
or feminin harmless enough, but are all examples of
e discriminatory structures that homophobia feeds on.
A heteronormative education has quality
problems and it passes on stereotypes and
After all this,
they wanna decide
Normativity: prejudices. Examples of how it shows are:

who you fall Many norms are useful in society; some say that
in love with! we should be nice to each other or stand in line
when waiting for our turn. Others limit people in
an unequal way; i.e. norms stating you should
only fall in love with people of the opposite sex
or that it is better to be Christian than Muslim. At
first, these norms are difficult to see, but when you
learn to identify them, you can also change them!
Learning about norms, what is seen as normal and
abnormal in our society is a way to create a more
equal society. Come and join us, you too!
Teacher students will not be equipped to
handle homophobic bullying in their future
classes
Problems with scientific credibility;
LGBT-blind studies will reinforce the idea that
there are no LGBT persons, families or children
Students and teachers might be
discriminated against
LGBT students are made invisible
Literature might suggest that LGBT persons
are sick and the teaching staff do not oppose it

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