Heterosexual
A human being or an organism is termed as heterosexual when he or she experiences a sexual or romantic attraction towards the people of the opposite sex. Therefore to put in a simpler way, Heterosexual men experience sexual or romantic attraction towards women, and heterosexual women, on the other hand are sexually or romantically attracted to men. The prefix of the word “hetero” is taken from the Greek word heteros, which bear the meaning of “the other (of two), different, another, second; other than usual.” therefore indicating towards something that are not similar. Lay man often use the term “straight” in place of the word heterosexual to indicate the people with this sexual orientation. There are other terms which needs a mention here, as follows:
Heteronormative.: This word indicate the world view that promotes heterosexuality as the norm of the society or preferred orientation over other sexual orientation.
Heteroromantic. Indicates the person who is romantically attracted to only the opposite sex.