heterofatalism

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ fatalism.

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Noun

heterofatalism (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) Synonym of heteropessimism.
    • 2020, Sophie Lewis, “Collective Turn-off”, in Mal‎[1]:
      We will hardly believe the historians when they tell us about the old days of #MeToo and heterofatalism.
    • 2023, Alice Cappelle, Collapse Feminism: The Online Battle for Feminism's Future‎[2], unnumbered page:
      “Marriage is hell” jokes are symptomatic of heterofatalism, just like incels who love to mock straight culture and caricature straight people but simultaneously can't imagine living outside of it.
    • 2024, Maria Markiewicz, “Sexuality Is Over. Long Live Asexuality: Post-Sexuality in the Post-Post Era”, in KJ Cerankowski, Megan Milks, editors, Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives‎[3], unnumbered page:
      As many feminist critics of the phenomenon point out, "heterofatalism" is a dangerously superficial, performative disavowal of straightness: it's more affective than effective, since it does not lead to changing the status quo, but only to reinforcing it.
    • 2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times‎[4], →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 July 2025:
      Maybe this is the utility of “heterofatalism” — naming the bitter pill before we force ourselves to swallow it and put on a carefree smile. […] One thing heterofatalism reflects is a persistent lack of faith that those we desire will be able to recognize us as commensurately human.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:heterofatalism.
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