Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence / Adrienne Rich (1980)

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Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence is a 1980 essay by feminist and poet Adrienne Rich. It named and described "compulsory heterosexuality" as the requirement that women engage in relationships with men, and offered (political) lesbianism as a feminist response and a critique.