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gynophobia

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gy·no·pho·bi·a  (gn-fb-, jn-, jn-)
n.
1. Fear of or contempt for women.
2. Behavior based on such an attitude or feeling.
gyno·phobe n.
gyno·phobic (-fbk) adj.
gynephobia, gynophobia
an abnormal fear or hatred of women. — gynephobe, n.
See also: Women
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Noun1.gynophobia - a morbid fear of women
social phobia - any phobia (other than agoraphobia) associated with situations in which you are subject to criticism by others (as fear of eating in public or public speaking etc)


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This twinning of gynophobia and homophobia pervades men's apotheosizing of an unencumbered masculine ideal: "For in the dark fantasies of the homophobic imagination, homosexuals are believed to enact a hideous parody of American womanhood; their presumed effeminacy challenges domestic femininity as well as staunch masculinity, and betrays both" (Fone 395).
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