"Heteronormative" is a reflection upon the common power struggle between men and women within heterosexual relationships. It depicts sex and violence in its most vicious and primal condition. The character, Claudia, longs for revenge upon the man that she feels took advantage of her and violated her when she was a student of his in college. Obsessed with proving herself as worthy to Jay Briggs, she invites her former professor to a party that is thrown in honor of her best-selling novel. There, the two fall into a a grotesque portrayal of love and hate, and the line between rape and consensual sex is blurred. It is without question that the feminist reader will react with objection to this tale, and will consider it an appalling pornography that permits violence within sexuality. However, as a feminist, everything I write is from a feminist perspective, and though Jay's actions are a heinous display of male dominance, Claudia refuses to be a victim, and at times, is the victimizer. In "Heteronormative", both parties are to blame, both characters are consumed by their competitive desires, and both are essentially the cause of each others torment.
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