heterosexual

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

In a heterosexual relationship, it’s pretty clear who’s expected to be the gentleman....It’s the gentleman.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

In 2021, Australian biologist Brendan Zietsch and colleagues presented evidence that heterosexuals carrying same-sex-associated alleles have more sexual partners than those not carrying the variants.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024

Last year the number of heterosexuals newly-diagnosed with HIV was higher than in gay and bisexual men in Scotland for the first time in 15 years, according to data from Public Health Scotland.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023

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

I want heterosexuals to love the book too, but I’m not changing the depiction of this world to meet their sensibilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2022