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 in an Adrienne Rich essay about this concept’s “compulsory” form. (-5[1])Someone who exclusively identifies with this concept (-5[1])is labeled as 0 on the Kinsey scale. For 10 points, name this concept whose “normativity” stigmatizes same-sex relationships. (10[1])■END■ (10[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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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Joshua Garner (DII)Ohio State BKenyon94-5
Todd MaslykMichigan AMichigan B101-5
Mitchell IndekMichigan CCedarville12010
Aidan Jordan (DII)KenyonOhio State B12110
Dennis Yang (DII)Michigan BMichigan A12110

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