Heterosexuality as the Social Norm

In the past few classes we have discussed how the relatively new developed term "heterosexuality"  and how it has defined and shaped our social norm.  Questions such as "how would the heterosexuality change over generations if homosexuality grew into equal numbers?" would raise an eyebrow.  As these questions were being asked, I immediately recalled a South Park episode that touched on this very subject.  The episode emphatically called "South Park is Gay!" alluded to a time after Queer Eye for the Straight Guy began showing.  Much like any other episode, the town takes to this new fad with a fiery passion where the men and boys can't help but to be influenced by the popular gay culture and all eventually become full-fledged metrosexuals - well, most at least.  After all the boys at school form into their respective metrosexual gangs, one of the main characters, Kyle, does not yield his status as a "heterosexual" and refuses conform to the fad that has plagued his town (you can see where this is going).  Even after intense peer-pressure from his friends to conform, Kyle still resists and by the ends up beaten badly and exiled from his long-time friends.  Irony strikes as he goes home to his parents to tell them that he got up for being "not gay" and they can't seem to wrap their head around the situation.  The episode goes on to describe how "crab people" introduced to the popular gay culture to weaken the human race, but that's beside the point.  Even though this is just a satirical cartoon, I think the plot raises some good points about how people react to a social norm.  When it comes to judging what's right and wrong, the majority will always determine the final outcome simply because the norm inherently resists most forms of change.  Who knows, in future generations the term heterosexual may not be as closely related to the social norm as we expect.