The Tragedy of Heterosexuality

当‘你为什么是异性恋’这个被默认抹去的问题被重新提出，本书给出了令人不安的答案。作者以酷儿视角审视当代异性恋：直女在家中继续与性别压迫搏斗，直男却以情感缺席、拒绝承担亲密劳动，将女性朋友的扶持视为理所当然。书中揭示‘厌女悖论’——男性深爱女性，又被训练去蔑视女性；异性恋被证明不是纯粹的爱，而是不平等结构下的政治关系。令人争议的结论是：治愈异性恋‘病态’的，既非自助书也非PUA，而是女同性恋女性主义。它适合所有愿意直面亲密关系中权力与剥削的人，尽管其理想图景能否被直男真正践行，仍是一个悬而未决的问号。

Jane Ward is Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at University of California Riverside, where she teaches courses in feminist, queer, and heterosexuality studies. She is the author of Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men (New York University Press, 2015), and Respectably Queer: Diversity Culture in LGBT Activist Organizations.