বিপরীতকামিতা: সংশোধিত সংস্করণের মধ্যে পার্থক্য

The adjective ''heterosexual'' is used for [[intimate relationship]]s or [[human sexual behavior|sexual relations]] between male and female.

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<!-- The current use of the term ''heterosexual'' has its roots in the broader 19th century tradition of personality taxonomy. It continues to influence the development of the modern concept of sexual orientation, and can be used to describe individuals' sexual orientation, sexual history, or self-identification. Some reject the term "heterosexual" as the word only refers to one's sexual behavior and does not refer to non-sexual romantic feelings. The term "''heterosexual''" is suggested to have come into use as a [[neologism]] after, and opposite to the word "homosexual" by [[Karl Maria Kertbeny]] in 1868. In LGBT slang, the term "[[Breeder (slang)|breeder]]" has been used as a denigrating phrase to deride heterosexuals. Hyponyms of heterosexual include ''heteroflexible''.<ref>Porn.com: Making Sense of Online Pornography - Page 229, Feona Attwood - 2010</ref><ref>Patience: A Gay Man's Virtue - Page 80, La Lumiere - 2012</ref>

 

The word can be informally<ref>"hetero." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 12 May. 2012. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hetero Dictionary.com].</ref> shortened to "hetero".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/hetero |title=hetero |publisher=Merriam-Webster |date= |accessdate=2013-10-11}}</ref> The term "''straight''" originated as a mid-20th century [[gay slang]] term for heterosexuals, ultimately coming from the phrase "''to go straight''" (as in "straight and narrow"), or stop engaging in homosexual sex. One of the first uses of the word in this way was in 1941 by author G. W. Henry.<ref name=Henry>Henry, G. W. (1941). ''Sex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns''. New York: Paul B. Hoeber</ref> Henry's book concerned conversations with homosexual males and used this term in connection with the reference to ''[[ex-gay]]s''. It currently simply is a colloquial term for "heterosexual" having, like many words, changed in primary meaning over time. Some object to usage of the term "''straight''" because it implies that non-heteros are crooked.<ref>Encyclopedia Of School Psychology - Page 298, T. Steuart Watson, Christopher H. Skinner - 2004</ref>

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