repronormativity en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin prōductiōder. Old French productionbor. Middle English produccioun English production English reproductionclip. English repro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English normative Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English normativity ▲ English repro- ▲ English normative English repronormative ▲ English -ity English repronormativity From repro- + normativity, or from repronormative + -ity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The assumption that all humans want to have children, especially within the context of a monogamous heterosexual relationship.
The dynamic may even be more salient in this context, however, as "repronormativty" often conflates womanhood with motherhood (Franke, 2001), and women are more likely than men to provide daily care to children as an empirical matter.
2015, Laura A. Rosenbury, “A Feminist Perspective on Children and Law: From Objectification to Relational Subjectivities”, in Tali Gal, Benedetta Duramy, editors, International Perspectives and Empirical Findings on Child Participation: From Social Exclusion to Child-Inclusive Policies, unnumbered page:Her feminist rewriting of the Nation thereby disrupts in its own ways national family values and the Nation's dependence on heterosexual repronormativity.
2000, Jarrod Hayes, Queer Nations: Marginal Sexualities in the Maghreb, page 183:That is to say, repronormativity remains in the closet even while heteronormativity has stepped more into the light of the theoretical and political day.
2001 January, Katherine M. Franke, “Theorizing Yes: An Essay On Feminism, Law, And Desire”, in Columbia Law Review, volume 101, number 181, page 185: