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From: moviePig <nobody@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: Now LEGO BLOCKS Can Discriminate Over Their Parts?!
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 15:37:01 -0500
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On 2/9/2025 2:45 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Feb 9, 2025 at 10:37:20 AM PST, "moviePig" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
> 
>> This is an example of applying heteronormative language to topics
>> unrelated to gender, sex and reproduction. It illustrates how
>> heteronormativity (the idea that heterosexuality and the male/female
>> gender binary are the norm and everything that falls outside is unusual)
> 
> That's literally true. Heterosexuality *is* the norm. They're arguing here
> that something that's true shouldn't be true.

It's the "norm" in the sense of "usual, typical, or standard" -- and, 
afaics, what's being demonstrated here is how pervasive that 'norm' is. 
What *isn't* explicitly addressed is how 'norm' often becomes "normal".