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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Fear, dislike, or hatred of gender-nonconforming individuals or behaviour..
Genderphobia is a more surreptitious form of discrimination than transphobia because it quietly adheres to hegemonic notions of gender behaviour.
She characterized women's reactions to a masculine person in a public rest room as “an example of genderphobia” (1996, 117), viewing such women as policing gender boundaries rather than believing that there really is a man in the women's rest room.
Genderphobia was no hindrance to her [Margaret Thatcher's] ambitions; her husband took a back seat.
Genderphobia works to reinforce gendered hierarchies and the heteropatriarchal state, disenfranchising not only women, but also sexual and gender minorities. Genderphobia is also very much used to enforce xenophobic and nationalist policies […]
Use genderphobia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Genderphobia means Fear, dislike, or hatred of gender-nonconforming individuals or behaviour..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Genderphobia is a more surreptitious form of discrimination than transphobia because it quietly adheres to hegemonic notions of gender behaviour.
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