Heterosexualization of a society or of social spaces refers to a process whereby the gender-based spaces in traditional non-Westernised societies (which are divided into men's spaces, women's spaces and third gender spaces) are abolished as part of Westernization of the society and replaced with heterosexual, mixed-sex spaces. This is also accompanied by introducing heteronormativity in the society It further involves segregating the society, especially the men's spaces, on the basis of sexual orientation into straight and LGBT.
In other words, heterosexualization of a society involves changing the character of a society from 'gender segregation' to 'sexual orientation segregation'.
Heterosexualization of individuals refers to a process whereby humans, particularly men, are conditioned to be exclusively heterosexual, often by suppressing or blocking their sexual need for men, and diverting this need towards women through various psycho-social mechanisms.
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