Gender Terminology Booklet

Sesotho sa Leboa Tshiven ḓ a kamogelobong khumbulelavhu funambeui ṅ we tumelobongtee vhufunam beui ṅ we

English

Definitions

Xitsonga

231 heteronormativi- ty

Assumption of a person’s heterosexuality.

mpfumelarimbe- wuhambana vuvengarimbe- wuhambana

232 heterosexism Assumption that every person should be heterosexual, thus marginalising those who do not identify themselves as heterosexual.

233 heterosexist

A person who discriminates against homosexuals on the assumption that heterosexuality is the normal sexual orientation. Person who is attracted to someone of opposite sex

modumela bongtee

mukhethululamu tamambeungae mu ṱ alulamu tamambeungae

muvengamur- handza rimbew- ufana

234 heterosexual

modumabongp hapano

mufunam beui ṅ we

murhandzarim- bewuhambana

235 heterosexuality Sexual, emotional and/or romantic attraction to a sex other than one’s own.

tumobongpha pano

vhufunam beui ṅ we

vurhandza rimbewuhamba- na mupfulayindlu

ṱ hanzwazwirumbi ṱ hanzwamarumbi

236 Sororate marriage

When a wife dies, the husband takes the younger sister as a wife. Derived from the Latin word “Soror” meaning sister.

seyantlo

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Gender Terminology Booklet