Homophobia? No! More apt word...DISGUST!

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http://www.amazinginfoonhomosexuals.com/homophobia.htm

Homophobia

Introduction: Phobia refers to a mental illness related to fear.
Therefore, so-called homophobia should refer to a mental illness
related to the fear of homosexuals or homosexuality. Interestingly,
while homosexuals vehemently reject being considered mentally ill, they
have no problems regarding those who dislike homosexuality as mentally
ill.

Some mental health professionals have proposed that racism, sexism, and
homophobia constitute a form of psychopathology deserving of its own
category, namely intolerant personality disorder. (1) Kantor has even
proposed an extensive typology of homophobia, arguing that homophobia
exists in paranoid, affective, phobic-avoidant, obsessive-compulsive,
and other forms corresponding to personality disorders. (2) Kantor has
also invoked "genetically determined attitudes and behavior" in the
etiology of homophobia. (2)

It is hard to imagine people being scared of homosexuals. However, if
phobia denotes fear only, then far more heterophobic homosexuals than
homophobic heterosexuals exist. Fear need not follow from hatred or
vice versa. For instance, one could fear riding a motorcycle, but one
need not hate motorcycles because one is scared of riding one.
Similarly, one could hate Jar Jar Binks ®, but nobody fears him.
Homosexuals and homophiles know this, and they define homophobia in
terms of hatred of homosexuals or homosexuality. Some definitions of
homophobia include an opposition to the demands of homosexuals, which
is very curious.

Consider the following statement on the part of a conservative
Christian who is commenting on a book written by a Christian on how to
deal with homosexual activism:

"Missing from his list of recommendations for heterosexual victims of
homosexual activism are such possibilities as protest, radical violent
and nonviolent cooperation, zerotolerance stances, suing the homosexual
activist, and legal interventions, including protection orders from
homosexual activists and suing analysts in situations where homophilic
attitudes of the analyst cause harm."

The statement above will clearly be seen as homophobic. However, this
statement is a slightly altered form of a statement by a homophile
commenting on a book written on homophobia, and the actual statement is
unlikely to be seen as heterophobic . [1]

Many homosexuals and homophiles label someone homophobic as they
please. Anyone who questions their labeling someone a homophobe himself
becomes a homophobe. Even quoting factual statistics about the
connection between homosexuality and AIDS is allegedly homophobic.
Homosexuals have become so reckless in labeling others homophobic that
the day is not far when someone will be labeled a homophobe for not
praising homosexuality, and this may have already happened in some
circles. Less common terms used in lieu of homophobia, such as
homoerotophobia and homosexophobia, also link a dislike of
homosexuality to phobias, although homonegativism is an exception.
Therefore, due to ambiguity and lack of standardization, the use of
self-explanatory terms such as homo-disgust, homo-hatred, and
homo-opposition is warranted. However, such terminology is unlikely to
be adopted by left-identified academics because none of these terms
possess an implicit notion of institutional discrimination, which they
blame for the problems of homosexuals. In fact, homosexual and
homophile academics have started shifting toward the use of
heterosexism in lieu of homophobia given the ambiguity of homophobia
and the attractiveness of bringing the literature on prejudice and
discrimination against homosexuals in line with the rich literature on
racism and sexism.

Having experienced prejudice and discrimination at the hands of
homosexuals, bisexuals have come up with.you guessed it.biphobia, as
well as monosexism, which refers to institutional structures, beliefs,
or behaviors that are informed by the consideration that
monosexualities (i.e., homosexuality or heterosexuality) are the only
legitimate forms of sexuality. See if you can guess the meaning of the
following phobias [and corresponding institutional discrimination
terminology], soon to be added to the ever growing list of phobias
plaguing humans: pedophobia [teleiosexism], sadomasophobia
[soothesexism], hermaphophobia [gendersexism], transvestophobia
[cisvestosexism], urophileophobia [hydrosexism], and pansexophobia
[taxonosexism].

Opposition to some demands of homosexuals need not necessarily follow
from the hatred of homosexuals. Likewise, someone may find homosexual
behaviors disgusting but not oppose several demands of homosexuals out
of a sense of justice or fairness.

On the other hand, while homosexual activists blame so-called
homophobia for elevated psychiatric morbidity among homosexuals, a
large body of evidence shows that this claim is unfounded (see 1, 2).
In addition, disgust at homosexual behavior is largely innate (see the
two studies cited on the Christianity page).

Footnotes:

[1]"Missing from his list of recommendations for lesbian and gay
victims of homophobia are such possibilities as protest, radical
violent and nonviolent cooperation, zerotolerance stances, suing the
homophobe, and legal interventions, including protection orders from
homophobes and suing analysts in situations where homophobic attitudes
of the analyst cause harm." (3)

References:

1 . M. H. Guindon, A. G. Green, F. J. Hanna, Am J Orthopsychiatry 73,
167 (Apr, 2003).
2 . M. Kantor, Homophobia: description, development, and dynamic of gay
bashing (Praeger, New York, 1998).
3 . B. R. S. Rosser, J Sex Res 36, 211 (May, 1999).

Sometimes the things we fear the most are those that we fear about
ourselves...

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"Anonymous" wrote in message
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http://www.amazinginfoonhomosexuals.com/homophobia.htm

Homophobia

Introduction: Phobia refers to a mental illness related to fear.
Therefore, so-called homophobia should refer to a mental illness
related to the fear of homosexuals or homosexuality. Interestingly,
while homosexuals vehemently reject being considered mentally ill, they
have no problems regarding those who dislike homosexuality as mentally
ill.

Some mental health professionals have proposed that racism, sexism, and
homophobia constitute a form of psychopathology deserving of its own
category, namely intolerant personality disorder. (1) Kantor has even
proposed an extensive typology of homophobia, arguing that homophobia
exists in paranoid, affective, phobic-avoidant, obsessive-compulsive,
and other forms corresponding to personality disorders. (2) Kantor has
also invoked "genetically determined attitudes and behavior" in the
etiology of homophobia. (2)

It is hard to imagine people being scared of homosexuals. However, if
phobia denotes fear only, then far more heterophobic homosexuals than
homophobic heterosexuals exist. Fear need not follow from hatred or
vice versa. For instance, one could fear riding a motorcycle, but one
need not hate motorcycles because one is scared of riding one.
Similarly, one could hate Jar Jar Binks ®, but nobody fears him.
Homosexuals and homophiles know this, and they define homophobia in
terms of hatred of homosexuals or homosexuality. Some definitions of
homophobia include an opposition to the demands of homosexuals, which
is very curious.

Consider the following statement on the part of a conservative
Christian who is commenting on a book written by a Christian on how to
deal with homosexual activism:

"Missing from his list of recommendations for heterosexual victims of
homosexual activism are such possibilities as protest, radical violent
and nonviolent cooperation, zerotolerance stances, suing the homosexual
activist, and legal interventions, including protection orders from
homosexual activists and suing analysts in situations where homophilic
attitudes of the analyst cause harm."

The statement above will clearly be seen as homophobic. However, this
statement is a slightly altered form of a statement by a homophile
commenting on a book written on homophobia, and the actual statement is
unlikely to be seen as heterophobic . [1]

Many homosexuals and homophiles label someone homophobic as they
please. Anyone who questions their labeling someone a homophobe himself
becomes a homophobe. Even quoting factual statistics about the
connection between homosexuality and AIDS is allegedly homophobic.
Homosexuals have become so reckless in labeling others homophobic that
the day is not far when someone will be labeled a homophobe for not
praising homosexuality, and this may have already happened in some
circles. Less common terms used in lieu of homophobia, such as
homoerotophobia and homosexophobia, also link a dislike of
homosexuality to phobias, although homonegativism is an exception.
Therefore, due to ambiguity and lack of standardization, the use of
self-explanatory terms such as homo-disgust, homo-hatred, and
homo-opposition is warranted. However, such terminology is unlikely to
be adopted by left-identified academics because none of these terms
possess an implicit notion of institutional discrimination, which they
blame for the problems of homosexuals. In fact, homosexual and
homophile academics have started shifting toward the use of
heterosexism in lieu of homophobia given the ambiguity of homophobia
and the attractiveness of bringing the literature on prejudice and
discrimination against homosexuals in line with the rich literature on
racism and sexism.

Having experienced prejudice and discrimination at the hands of
homosexuals, bisexuals have come up with.you guessed it.biphobia, as
well as monosexism, which refers to institutional structures, beliefs,
or behaviors that are informed by the consideration that
monosexualities (i.e., homosexuality or heterosexuality) are the only
legitimate forms of sexuality. See if you can guess the meaning of the
following phobias [and corresponding institutional discrimination
terminology], soon to be added to the ever growing list of phobias
plaguing humans: pedophobia [teleiosexism], sadomasophobia
[soothesexism], hermaphophobia [gendersexism], transvestophobia
[cisvestosexism], urophileophobia [hydrosexism], and pansexophobia
[taxonosexism].

Opposition to some demands of homosexuals need not necessarily follow
from the hatred of homosexuals. Likewise, someone may find homosexual
behaviors disgusting but not oppose several demands of homosexuals out
of a sense of justice or fairness.

On the other hand, while homosexual activists blame so-called
homophobia for elevated psychiatric morbidity among homosexuals, a
large body of evidence shows that this claim is unfounded (see 1, 2).
In addition, disgust at homosexual behavior is largely innate (see the
two studies cited on the Christianity page).

Footnotes:

[1]"Missing from his list of recommendations for lesbian and gay
victims of homophobia are such possibilities as protest, radical
violent and nonviolent cooperation, zerotolerance stances, suing the
homophobe, and legal interventions, including protection orders from
homophobes and suing analysts in situations where homophobic attitudes
of the analyst cause harm." (3)

References:

1 . M. H. Guindon, A. G. Green, F. J. Hanna, Am J Orthopsychiatry 73,
167 (Apr, 2003).
2 . M. Kantor, Homophobia: description, development, and dynamic of gay
bashing (Praeger, New York, 1998).
3 . B. R. S. Rosser, J Sex Res 36, 211 (May, 1999).

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Sometimes the things we fear the most are those that we fear about
ourselves...

And sometimes people trim rather than reposting the original garbage.

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