An Inclusive Litany
4/20/92
In an essay published in the women's studies journal Signs, poet Adrienne Rich defined "compulsory heterosexuality" as "the
enforcement of heterosexuality for women as a means of assuring male
right of physical, economical, and emotional access." However, the
essay was later criticized by feminists Ariane Brunet and Louise
Turcotte for attacking compulsory heterosexuality, rather than
heterosexuality per se.