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Originally Posted by Ammi
..tbf though it is quite complicated ..I don't think that heterophobia is defined or acknowledged in dictionaries, is it..?..and I do completely understand what Dezzy is saying..
..in googling this and trying to understand it a bit better, I've found that there are quite a few social studies on it..in that whether 'homophobia' is how it should be described because it's not a phobia as such or generally based on irrational fears but based on prejudice and actually 'a disgust' was something frequently mentioned in the sites I looked at...also 'phobia' is really also defined as an irrational fear or aversion of something..a 'thing'...and doesn't include 'someone'/people...so yes, really very complicated..and hence the thread and discussions I guess...
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Hi Ammi,
The question set in the OP was:
"Does 'Heterophobia' exist?"
The dictionary definition of 'Hetero' is:
hetero
ˈhɛt(ə)rəʊ/Submit
adjective & nouninformal
short for heterosexual.
The dictionary definition of the word 'Heterosexual' is:
heterosexual
hɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈsɛksjʊəl,-ʃʊəl/Submit
adjective
1.
(of a person) sexually attracted to people of the opposite sex.
synonyms: informalstraight, hetero, het
noun
1.
a heterosexual person.
The dictionary definition of the word 'Phobia' is:
phobia
ˈfəʊbɪə/Submit
noun
an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
"she suffered from a phobia about birds"
synonyms: abnormal fear, irrational fear, obsessive fear, fear, dread, horror, terror, dislike, hatred, loathing, detestation, distaste, aversion, antipathy, revulsion, repulsion; "
Hence, we have a clear definition of the word 'Heterophobia' - "A person or persons, who have an irrational fear, or aversion to people who are attracted to people of the opposite sex, or 'Straight' people.
The question asks if Heterophobia exists, and the answer is 'YES' it does, because there ARE 'Gay' people on this planet who DO dislike, shun, avoid, fear or hate, STRAIGHT people for no rational reason other than they are NOT gay.
ALL other arguments, comments, pleas and rants concerning the historical and ongoing victimisation, discrimination, and abuse suffered by gays, or their 'minority' status, is totally irrelevant within the strict parameters of the question set in the OP and which constitutes its very title.
Though his statements regarding the statistical discrimination and abuse of Gays ARE correct, Dezzy, I am afraid, is riding his white charger into his own personal Crusade, and his arguments have NOTHING at all to do with the question in the OP or the CORRECT answers to that question.
Dezzy should start ANOTHER thread concerning the discrimination of Gays if he wants to debate what is an issue totally UNRELATED to this one.
Sorry.