"Normal" is indeed a perfectly good word, but not when you're talking about human beings. The fact that a majority of people is in a certain way does not make

"Normal" is indeed a perfectly good word, but not when you're talking about human beings. The fact that a majority of people is in a certain way does not make those that aren't that way abnormal. Just different in that particular aspect. Would you use normal as synonymous for heterosexual? That would have been totally acceptable 30-40 years ago, but not today. You could go as far as calling the women in tech abnormal, as the overwhelming majority is male ('We have 3 women and 30 normal programmers in our company').