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. (10[1])The claim that “women in every culture and throughout history” have tried to exist independent of this concept is made in an Adrienne Rich essay about this concept’s “compulsory” form. (10[2])Someone who exclusively identifies with this concept is labeled as (10[1])0 on the Kinsey scale. For 10 points, (10[1])name this concept (-5[1])whose “normativity” stigmatizes same-sex relationships. ■END■ (10[1])

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
Kevin ParkClaremont AAppalachian State6410
Truman FillbrandtUW AUBC A9410
Roan DowlingIowa ATexas A&M A9410
Jisoon YooTexas ATexas A&M B10410
Cormac BeirneSorbonneRice A11210
Anwitha VempaliIowa BMichigan State A115-5
Aswath KaraiMichigan State AIowa B12110

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%94.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y6100%0%17%98.17
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State01/27/2024Y3100%0%67%120.67
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y8100%0%25%107.25
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%88.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT01/27/2024Y560%0%60%107.67