An article in The Conversation has delved into the pessimism that exists within heterosexual relationships.

"A friend introduces their partner as 'my current husband'. Another jokes about marriage as a life sentence. Everyone laughs, no one is surprised," the article reads.

"The sentiments at the heart of these asides are pervasive and familiar to many people in (or who have had) heterosexual relationships."

One of the article's authors, Dr Jennifer Mae Hamilton, is a senior lecturer in english literary studies at the University of New England in NSW, says the term for this negativity is “heteropessimism”, an attitude of disappointment, embarrassment or despair at the state of heterosexual relations – specifically about being in one.

An article in The Conversation has <a href="https://theconversation.com/what-is-heteropessimism-and-why-do-men-and-women-suffer-from-it-182288">delved into the pessimism that exists within heterosexual relationships</a>.
"A friend introduces their partner as 'my current husband'. Another jokes about marriage as a life sentence. Everyone laughs, no one is surprised," the article reads.
"The sentiments at the heart of these asides are pervasive and familiar to many people in (or who have had) heterosexual relationships."
One of the article's authors, Dr Jennifer Mae Hamilton, is a senior lecturer in english literary studies at the University of New England in NSW, says the term for this negativity is “heteropessimism”, an attitude of disappointment, embarrassment or despair at the state of heterosexual relations – specifically about being in one.

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