i entirely blame the unfortunate separation of gender from sexuality for this tendency to deny that m/f relationships are inherently queer so long as one or both partners aren& #39;t exclusively heterosexual. the dynamic of a m/f relationship is directly tied to heteropatriarchy.
like, just because YOU are queer it doesn& #39;t make everything you DO or the dynamic between you and your s/o queer... just like how when I perform normative femininity that normative femininity does not become queer on account of my being a lesbian
a lot of people get very upset when one refers to m/f relationships as heterosexual in nature because, the idea is that if one partner is queer, they *can& #39;t* engage in heterosexual behavior or heteronormativity...
when a relationship is described as heterosexual it& #39;s not referring to the individual partners but the gendered (power) dynamics between them and those are, i& #39;m sorry to say, inescapable in heteropatriarchy