What is 'heteropessimism', and why do men and women suffer from it?

Title
What is 'heteropessimism', and why do men and women suffer from it?
Publication Date
2022-06-29
Author(s)
Hamilton, Jennifer
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6380-9067
Email: jhamil36@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jhamil36
Kenny, Christina
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2603-4917
Email: ckenny3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ckenny3
Joseph, Felicity
Allen, Matt
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1146-4540
Email: mallen28@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mallen28
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
The Conversation Media Group Ltd
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/52925
Abstract

A friend introduces their partner as "my current husband". Another jokes about marriage as a life sentence. Everyone laughs, no one is surprised.

The sentiments at the heart of these asides are pervasive and familiar to many people in (or who have had) heterosexual relationships. There is now a term for this negativity: "heteropessimism".
Link
link
Citation
The Conversation, p. 1-8
ISSN
2201-5639
1441-8681
Start page
1
End page
8

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