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/baɪˈnɔː.mə.tɪv/
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/baɪˈnɔɹ.mə.tɪv/
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- General-American
Adjective
Of, pertaining to or exhibiting binormativity.
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By doing so, it is pushing bisexuals to comply with bi assimilationist ideology and binormative behavior. For example, in a thread on an American bi mailing list concerning the campaign's press release, I noted that I, as a bi activist, did not feel […]
Walker represents a character who calls into question the typical modes of identifying human beings: the distinctions between individuals and groups, unity of self and fragmentation of the self, univocality and polyvocality, […] consistency and relativity, White/Black and gay/straight. Most important for our extended discussion of binormative representations, Walker's novel serves as an example of how a virtual oversignification of a single body (one character) effects a short circuit in the machinery of monosexual epistemologies[…]
Pertaining to, adhering to or enforcing two norms.
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page 262: Such an analysis characterizes a binormative analysis, for states are either normative or non-normative. For the moment, it is easier to discuss the notion of prohibition rather than our target notion of obligation. page 271: This is where a polynormative analysis is better than a binormative analysis, for violations can be fine-grained and support subtle implications.