What is the concept of compulsory heterosexuality ( often shortened to comphet ) and why do I not believe it is real?
Here is the wikipedia definition of comphet. As you can see, it is the theory that heterosexuality is assumed and enforced upon women. Whilst I do agree heterosexuality is assumed by a number of people ( but this is only natural for people to assume, as the majority of people are heterosexual anyway ) I am critical of Adrienne Rich saying heterosexuality is enforced. A lot of people are naturally heterosexual and this makes sense from a biological standpoint. Men being attracted to women exclusively and vice versa makes sense for the purpose of being able to create offspring, there seems to be a biological drive in a lot of people to have babies ( whilst i would argue lesbians and gay men do not have this drive at all )
For a lot of women, heterosexuality is not enforced, it is their natural sexuality. Speak to a heterosexual woman and she will gush about her partner, you can see they are genuinely attracted to men.
In some cases women are forced to get married to men, but this is the exception and the majority of women are NOT forced.
Heterosexuality, just like homosexuality and bisexuality, is natural.
As for the argument that society enforces heterosexuality and can make lesbian get into osa relationships I am critical of this. Despite pressure from family members and friends and heterosexuality being everywhere, a lesbian would not get into a relationship with a man because she knows what she wants and that is not a male. Lesbians do have autonomy over their lives in a lot of cases. Despite what some people want to believe it is not hard to figure out you are a lesbian, many lesbians I have spoken to even from the most homophobic countries say it was something they knew from a young age. Even if you don’t know it is an option to date a woman as a woman, you will know that males are not attractive to you.


















