We're supposed to procreate and society, god knows, is ferocious on the subject. Heterosexuality is considered such a great and natural good that you have to execute people and put them in prison if they don't practice this glorious act.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Vidal criticizes society's intense pressure to conform to heterosexual norms, implying it is enforced harshly.
- In plain terms
- Society forces people to be straight and punishes them if they are not.
- What can you take from it?
- Question societal pressure to conform to norms.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you resist social pressure?
- Who defines what is natural?
Another view
It equates moral judgment with physical execution loosely.
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