At what point are sexual actions considered “real sex”? Could an act of oral stimulation of the genitals be equivalent to penetrative, penile-vaginal sex? A society dominated by heterosexism and, in turn, heteropatriarchy, holds the discourse that, while all sexual acts may be equally pleasurable, one act, in particular, is the only legitimate way to “make love”. By assuming that every person is inherently “straight”, heterosexism poses a compelling argument as to why penile-vaginal sex is the only action that is marked as a “homerun” on the scoreboard. The standard is that humanity cannot continue to exist without the union of sperm, from a man’s penis, and egg, from a woman’s ovaries. Therefore, the penetration of the male sex organ into
