Compulsory Heterosexuality

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Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence

Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich's groundbreaking 1980 essay challenges the assumption that heterosexuality is natural or innate, arguing that it is a political institution that has been imposed upon women and that a 'lesbian continuum' offers a space for female resistance and solidarity.