Tracy clark flory biography of barack obama

Editor’s note: Tracy Clark-Flory writes about gender, sex and desire with intelligence, compassion and a keen understanding of the vestigial biases many of us still hold.

In this piece, she examines the way much of the reaction to the recent spate of divorce books reveals how romantic happiness is still used to judge women’s characters. Tracy is the author of Want Me: A Sex Writer's Journey into the Heart of Desire (Penguin).

This piece is reprinted from her terrific newsletter, TCF Emails.

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— Sara Eckel

I’ve been thinking about this concept of hetero-exceptionalism.

I’m envisioning it as a variety of heteropessimism. It’s a perspective that recognizes that heteronormative love and sex can be punishing for women, while emphasizing exceptions (happy heteronormative relationships) that are attributed to men who are unicorns or women with discerning taste and romantic savvy.

Crucially, it comes along with a sense of blame, specialness, and superiority, as opposed to solidari