According to Wade and Ferree (2015), heteronormative means “that everyone is heterosexual unless there are signs indicating otherwise” (p. 355). Therefore, in a heteronormative culture, there is an assumption that everyone is attracted to the opposite sex. I think it would be difficult for a homosexual to live in a heteronormative culture. Anyone who is not heterosexual will have a hard time fitting into their culture and that can be extremely lonely. Wade and Ferree (2015) found that “gender conformity may make same-sex sexual orientation invisible, even to other minorities” (p. 98). It is hard for sexual minorities to find others like themselves in a heteronormative culture, but they also have to deal with the fact the minorities are “invisible”
