heterosexual
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For much of the 20th Century, heterosexual dating followed a script that would have felt familiar to the characters in Pride and Prejudice.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Must we really dwell, ladies, on the downsides of heterosexual dating, marriage, childbearing, and domestic labor as though they are issues of life and death?
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
In part, this archetype, as Fiedler dubs it, reflects our literature’s recurrent failure to deal honestly with adult heterosexual love and its attendant responsibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“Incels” is a term that generally refers to extremely online heterosexual men whose “involuntary celibacy” has shaped their attitudes toward women and other worldviews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
And that person, at least in high-school heterosexual relationships, is definitely the girl.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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And it’s not only heterosexuals among the estimated 44 million refugees around the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2025
The U-M analysis revealed that male heterosexuals who carry the genetic variants associated with bisexual behavior, which are known as BSB-associated alleles, father more children than average.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
While 69% of heterosexuals described their physical health as “good” or “excellent,” only half of their non-straight peers said the same.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
“Every night he introduced me with shining words to these walls of heterosexuals all over the world,” Anohni intoned, as a drummer in the park bashed away in the distance.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
Prince Harry's comments come as figures show that for the first time in a decade, the number of new HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals is higher than for gay and bisexual men in England.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2022
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