Cultural heterosexist ideologies assume heterosexuality to be the default norm. Four studies investigated when concepts of romantic love are heterosexual‐by‐default (N = 685). In Studies 1–2, participants generated features of romantic love, in general (i.e., the default prototype) or among one of three sexual orientation‐specific couples (lesbian, gay, or heterosexual). Heterosexual‐identified participants’ default prototypes were more similar to heterosexual than same‐gender prototypes (Study 1). Lesbian‐ and gay‐identified participants’ default prototypes were more similar to both heterosexual and gay male than lesbian prototypes, whereas bisexual‐identified participants’ sexual orientation‐specific prototypes were equivalently similar to the default (Study 2). However, heterosexual‐identified participants rated presented features of love similarly across sexual orientation‐specific conditions (Study 3). In a timed feature‐verification task (Study 4), participants categorized fewer peripheral features of romantic love as relevant to same‐gender than mixed‐gender couples. Activating sexual orientation‐specific representations affected subsequent default concepts of romantic love. We discuss implications for heterosexism theories and intervention.

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爱是默认的异性恋：浪漫爱情默认原型中的文化异性恋

文化异性恋意识形态假设异性恋是默认规范。四项研究调查了浪漫爱情的概念何时默认为异性恋（N = 685）。在研究 1-2 中，参与者在一般情况下（即默认原型）或在三对特定性取向的夫妇（女同性恋、男同性恋或异性恋）之一中产生了浪漫爱情的特征。异性恋参与者的默认原型比同性原型更类似于异性恋（研究 1）。与女同性恋原型相比，女同性恋和男同性恋参与者的默认原型更类似于异性恋和男同性恋，而双性恋参与者的性取向特定原型与默认原型相当相似（研究 2）。然而，异性恋的参与者在性取向特定的条件下对爱的表现特征进行了相似的评价（研究 3）。在定时特征验证任务（研究 4）中，参与者分类较少浪漫爱情的外围特征与同性伴侣相关，而不是与混合性别伴侣相关。激活特定于性取向的表征会影响随后默认的浪漫爱情概念。我们讨论异性恋理论和干预的影响。