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About phobias

by Nanaea

4/5/2001, 10:12 AM

The word "homophobia" always sounded kinda odd to me, too. Personally, I prefer the word "xenophobia" to cover all bases. Not just to describe a fear of gay people, but also a fear of any kind of people (or ideas) which are "foreign" to the status quo.

-- Nanaea

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- Daividh (guest) +1

4/8/2001, 6:09 PM

Actually, fear of ambiguously gay people who wear leather jumpers and throw chakrams... : )

- Nanaea

4/9/2001, 5:30 AM

And here I thought "Xenaphobia" was a fear of teevee cultural icons. :)

-- Nanaea

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