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Date: 2023-08-03 05:42 am (UTC)
azurelunatic: Vivid pink Alaskan wild rose. (Default)
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My straight daughter is experiencing a different kind of bullying from her family of origin because she is straight than she would if she were not. If they suspected she was not straight, they'd inflict bullying meant to "correct" her to straightness. Since she is straight, she experiences bullying about her "unacceptable" lack of Male Significant Other, and the perceived attributes that they imagine are why she doesn't have the kind of serious boyfriend they'd like. But the bullying would in both cases be coming from her family's rigid beliefs about the proper role of a woman. (Which is that she needs to marry well so her husband can support the family in their old age, and to have babies to pass along the generational trauma.)

I would say that her straightness inflects the flavor of misogyny she's getting, but the cause is still misogyny. And it's also why the asexual spectrum deserves a place under the big rainbow umbrella: people not performing heterosexuality to the satisfaction of their local gatekeepers get bullied in ways that rhyme even if they're not exactly the same.
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