Femmephobia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Femmephobia is a noun meaning Dislike of, or hostility towards, women and/or individuals who present as feminine (femmes).
Meaning
Dislike of, or hostility towards, women and/or individuals who present as feminine (femmes).
More Meanings
- Dislike of, or hostility towards, stereotypically effeminate gay men, especially within the gay community.
Example Sentences
Masculine women, butches, and masc who aren't men do not benefit from femmephobia.
It's no secret that transgender women absorb the brunt of hate that comes from femmephobia.
Femmephobia is perhaps a more fitting description of Adolph's anxieties — he has a fear rather than a hatred of Frenchwomen.
Indeed, the existence of what has been labelled homophobia, I argue, may be more correctly analysed as a kind of "femmephobia", where same-sex relationships, particularly those between two men, are viewed as having the power to feminize men.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include femophobia, gynophobia, genderphobia, gynephobe, gynephobia, gynophobe.
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