Femophobia

Quick meaning: Femophobia is a noun meaning Fear or disavowal of one's own feminine qualities.

Meaning

Fear or disavowal of one's own feminine qualities.

More Meanings

1. Fear or avoidance of meaningful relationships with women.

Example Sentences

As Stephen Ducat explains, homophobia has its roots in femophobia, or men's fear of their own femininity.

Their foremost expressions of love were for young boys and prostitutes (Hunt, 1959:27). There was a transitoriness in the Greek male's relationships with women, one that has been called femophobia (Whitehurst, 1971:3).

Such misinterpretation may inadvertently condone homophobia, xenophobia, and/or femophobia by implying that there is a prescribed set of attitudes, behaviors, emotions, and actions that belong to normal (ie aggressive) boys.

In truth, my client couldn't afford to pay for their dinner at the fancy restaurant his date had suggested, but in his attempt to overcome his own "femophobia," he ended up paying for them both, feeling put out, and not seeing the guy again.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include femmephobia, antifemininity, gynophobia, sissyphobia, genderphobia, gynophobe.

Related Dictionary Tools