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icon5.gif Does Heterophobia exist?  [message #2385] Fri, 10 May 2002 12:50 Go to next message
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icon5.gif That's Interesting  [message #2399 is a reply to message #2385] Fri, 10 May 2002 22:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Hetero - attraction to the opposite sex
Phobia - the persistent,abnormal,or illogical
fear of a specific thing or situation

So, a homophobe, according to Webster's is a
person who is abnormallly or illogically afraid
of a gay person and a heterophobe is a person
who is abnormally or illogically afraid of a
straight person.
When ya'll talk about a homophobe then,do you
mean someone who acts out aggressively out of a
fear that they might be gay?
Ack! That would make me then, if I was predisposed,
to be a heterophobe, illogically afraid of them.
I'm not. I am very logically afraid of them. So,
I'm not joining that club, thank you.

So......a bigot hates me because I'm gay for no
reason. A homophobe fears me because I'm gay for
no reason. God, I'm just a nice kid with a great
skateboard. I don't hate anyone. I'm VERY interested
to read what ya'll say.
Nah, you're just afraid of bigot bullies who have proven themselves.  [message #2403 is a reply to message #2399] Sat, 11 May 2002 00:58 Go to previous message
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Not "phobe" because as you say it's not illogical. Just like any oppressed minority, I suppose.

I suppose that in the rare instance that someone was raped or something, being afraid of (a group the person is a member of) would be somewhat logical. But I think some homophobes are afraid of being "hit on" or dealing with their own feelings (for whatever reason) and most are just looking for an excuse to take out their aggression and make themselves feel superior by abusing the "inferior."
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