I recently finished vanishing world by Sayaka Murata, and though the ending was somewhat controversial, the main themes of the book was very interesting. In short, in Sayaka Muratas world of vanishing world, it's weird to have a physical connection with a marriage partner.
I was wondering if there was any other books that did this, a world were homosexuality is the default and what the effects might look like. Seems interesting at least.
by Weekly_Event_1969
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To Paradise
Definitely not exactly what you’re looking for but Brave New World certainly has something of an inverted view on sexuality compared to modern societies. If you haven’t read it you may enjoy it. Excellent book for a number of reasons.
Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold has a character from an entire planet without females and basically terrified of them. The book is primarily one of the characters traveling into the rest of global civilization, though, and his discomfort with women is only a small piece of the story.
The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov has characters so isolated that, while they do have sex, they find the physical proximity revolting and spend most of the time is separate residence from anyone else, completely served by robots, and with communication via a sort of holographic telepresence.
Not inverted but Left Hand of Darkness is basically a thought experiment about a genderless world where the people only have a gender during their “cycle” and what that society might be like.