Question

A form of this concept titles a 1980 essay from the collection Blood, Bread, and Poetry that lists eight aspects of suppression including a “Great Silence.” Jonathan Ned Katz’s book on the Invention of this concept discusses how its German-language first usage was associated with pathological behavior. A term for preference for this concept was popularized by Michael Warner, who authored The Trouble With Normal. The claim that “women in every culture and throughout history” have tried to exist independent of this concept is made (-5[2])in an Adrienne Rich essay about this concept’s “compulsory” (10[1])form. (-5[1])Someone who exclusively identifies with this concept is labeled as 0 on the Kinsey scale. (10[1])For 10 points, name this concept whose “normativity” stigmatizes same-sex relationships. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: heterosexuality [or straightness; accept het or comphet; accept compulsory heterosexuality or “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence”; accept The Invention of Heterosexuality; reject “heteronormativity”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Harrison SugarmanBrandeis BDartmouth B84-5
Harrison SugarmanBrandeis BDartmouth B84-5
Jason HongBrown ABrandeis A9310
Will OrrYale BHarvard B94-5
Joy AnHarvard ATufts B10910
Alex LewtonDartmouth BBrandeis B1210
Alex LewtonDartmouth BBrandeis B1210
James McCurleyHarvard BYale B12110

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2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%94.00
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