Have you ever noticed that movie/tv icons on streaming services are over-loaded with heteronormativity? The heterosexual is privileged to such an extent that nearly every icon shows a man and a woman together, even if they aren't lovers in the movie or tv series.
I checked the first 30 icons displayed under "Your Recommendations" or "We Think You'll Love These" on Amazon Prime. 47% showed a man and a woman or two women together, including The Lake, which stars a gay man. You'd never know from the two women in his life.
17% depicted a group, including With Love, which has a gay couple that you'd never notice.
17% featured two women together, including The Boys, which is about boys.
13% no humans
10% featured one woman by herself, including The Wheel of Time, which could have shown this buddy-bonding scene insted.
10% one man by himself, with his body usually obscured or dissolving.
And only one, 3%, two men together, Frank of Ireland. They are not standing side by side, or even looking at each other.
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