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Topic: Erotophobia


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  Erotophobia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erotophobia is the fear of marriage and romantic relationships.
Erotophobia is sometimes thought to be caused by strict standards for a marriage mate, overjudging of physical appearance, age limit in marriage in connection with the fear of aging (gerontophobia).
Erotophobia is a term that may also be applied—albeit controversially—to political or religious organizations or viewpoints that are concerned with limiting or restraining some aspect of sexuality.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erotophobia   (250 words)

  
 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Erotophobia
Erotophobia is the fear of marriage Marriage is a legal, social, and religious relationship between individuals which has formed the foundation of the family for most societies.
The word erotophobia is derived from the name of Eros, the Greek Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition.
Erotophobia sometimes involves a negative attitude toward anything related to sexuality, such as dating, touching Touching is having or getting a zero distance; in geometry it refers especially to a tangent line or curve (cf.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Erotophobia   (782 words)

  
 Erotophobia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Erotophobia is the fear of marriage or romantic relationships,especially by a man or in regards to heterosexual romance.
Erotophobia is sometimes thought to be caused by strict standards for a marriage mate, overjudging of physical appearance, agelimit in marriage in connection with the fear of aging (gerontophobia).
Some claim feminist attitudes can forminto erotophobia, though this is thought to be unsubstantiated, since there have been no studies to back this up, and that manyfeminists say nothing about being fearful or hesitant towards relationships.
www.therfcc.org /erotophobia-116214.html   (157 words)

  
 Marie Helweg Larsen, Ph.D.: Abstracts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
People's level of erotophobia influences their acceptance of sexually related situations, including the likelihood of engaging in sexually related health care such as breast self-examinations (BSE).
As hypothesized, women high in erotophobia felt less competent in giving themselves BSE and were less likely to claim that they did things to improve their health when they read the picture brochure compared with the non-picture brochure.
In contrast, women low in erotophobia thought that the information was easier to understand and that BSE was more important when they read the picture brochure compared with the non-picture brochure.
www.dickinson.edu /~helwegm/abstracts.html   (2286 words)

  
 :::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::
The word ''erotophobia'' is derived from the name of ''Eros (god) Eros'', the Greek mythology Greek god of romantic love.
Some claim feminism feminist attitudes can form into erotophobia, though this is thought to be unsubstantiated, since there have been no studies to back this up, and that many feminists say nothing about being fearful or hesitant towards relationships.
Erotophobia sometimes involves a negative attitude toward anything related to sexuality, such as dating, touching, nudity, romantic books and film motion pictures, attending marriage ceremonies, homosexuality, contraception, et cetera.
www.mauspfeil.net /Erotophobia.html   (210 words)

  
 The Art of Loving
Overcoming erotophobia is an important step on the road to a truly democratic society.
Erotophobia figures prominently a few lines later, in the dramatic events involving the serpent and the Tree of Knowledge.
Erotophobia tends to be absent from social environments that are harmonious and peaceful, and tends to afflict cultures that are conflicted and authoritarian.
www.theartofloving.ca /pol/intro3.asp   (1327 words)

  
 Erotophobia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Many bachelor s are sometimes thought to be erotophobes.
Some claim feminist attitudes can form into erotophobia, though this is thought to be unsubstantiated, since there have been no studies to back this up, and that many feminists say nothing about being fearful or hesitant towards relationships.
Erotophobia sometimes involves a negative attitude toward anything related to sexuality, such as dating, touch ing, nudity, romantic books and motion pictures, attending marriage ceremonies, homosexuality, contraception, et cetera.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Erotophobia.html   (226 words)

  
 Does Erotophobia Bother You?
Erotophobia is an intense fear of something that poses little or no actual danger.
While adults with erotophobia realize that these fears are irrational, they often find that facing, or even thinking about facing, the feared situation brings on a panic attack or severe anxiety.
They have had their erotophobia so long that they don't know who they would be without it.
www.phobia-fear-release.com /erotophobia.html   (750 words)

  
 Michael Bronski
Erotophobia is such a tenacious strain of Western culture that it affects every aspect of our lives.
The position of the right is an extreme manifestation of the erotophobia of Western culture in general.
Because homosexuality, as an activity, a lifestyle, a culture, a sensibility, or a political movement counters erotophobia, it is singled out by the right for very harsh treatment.
courses.missouristate.edu /rrs953f/GEPfall2k/excerpts/gep397_bronski_excerpt.htm   (2587 words)

  
 QUEERING ECOLOGICAL FEMINISM
As queer theorists have shown, the larger problem is the erotophobia of Western Culture, a fear of the erotic so strong that only one form of sexuality is overtly allowed; only in one position; and only in the context of certain legal, religious and social sanctions.
For both the charge that queers are "unnatural" and that women, by virtue of their association with nature, are dangerously carnal converge to legitimate and reinforce heterosexual social institutions and practices insofar as both are alleged to stand in need of the external control afforded through the strict moral (and religious) proscription of sexual impulses.
Underwritten through the valuation of women as mothers whose "place" is in the home, itself eroticized in terms of its guarantee of sexual availability and de-eroticized via the home's traditional association with procreative duty and family, the contradictory coding of women as producers supports forms of unpaid domestic labor fully concordant with heteropatriarchal ideology.
www.iupress.indiana.edu /journals/ethics/ee6-2.html   (4988 words)

  
 The little things that matter...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Erotophobias are a category of psychological disorder characterized by an intense fear, hatred, or other negative feeling towards a sexual minority.
Research sugggests that erotophobias are a result of various defense mechanisms - 'projection' and 'splitting' appear to be integral to erotophobias.
Contrary to popular report, erotophobiae are distinctly seperate from personal views on the 'morality' of sexual orientation, and instead refer to negative feelings towards the members of said orientation.
www.glgarden.org /tlttm/erotoph.htm   (181 words)

  
 EROTOPHOBIA: Treatment and Hope
To add insult to an already distressing condition, most erotophobia therapies take months or years and sometimes even require the patient to be exposed repeatedly to their fear.
erotophobia will likely cost you tens, even hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of your lifetime, let alone the cost to your health and quality of life.
1: erotophobia: a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of sexual love or sexual questions, despite the understanding by the phobic individual and reassurance by others that there is no danger.
www.changethatsrightnow.com /problem_detail.asp?SDID=461:1541   (1397 words)

  
 Welcome to Pivotal Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Erotophobia in the mind of one person motivates antisexual action, which in turn causes more erotophobia.
The second cause of erotophobia consists of harmful sexual acts that I label nasty sex, such as rape, violent pornography, unhappy sexual initiation, and sexual conduct causing disease or unwanted pregnancy.
A specific type of personality trait is the third cause of erotophobia, and it is the subject of Chapter 15.
www.pivotalpress.com /politicsoflust/introduction2.asp   (1105 words)

  
 The Daily Californian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The fact remains that while the laws governing our democratic society have come a long way in recognizing human rights, there is still a considerable way to go, considering that your zip code currently dictates the extent to which you may exercise one of your most fundamental human instincts.
While "Lust" is mainly concerned with exposing the reader to the logical flaws inherent in the conditioned response to suppressing erotic expression, it does so by framing erotophobia as an unnecessary evil parallel to racism and other such socially driven discriminatory practices.
One of the arguments used by Ince is that patriarchal social systems breed erotophobia, which he breaks down quite eloquently akin to the following: males dominating women breeds a need for women to exercise dominance over their children, which they do by censoring exploratory anatomical exposure throughout adolescence.
www.dailycal.org /article.php?id=18441   (581 words)

  
 EROTOPHOBIA OLDFASHIONED
This time it is "erotophobia" that is said to be "authoritarian".
Let it simply be said therefore that the Fisher et al interpretation of their results is unsustainable and that what has been demonstrated is a correlation between erotophobia and an old-fashioned orientation.
One again it has been shown that old- fashioned people tend to be prudish.
jonjayray.batcave.net /erotto.html   (531 words)

  
 EROTOPHOBIA:"Fastest Cure..."
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www.changethatsrightnow.com /problem_detail_more.asp?SDID=461:1541   (5371 words)

  
 Welcome to Pivotal Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
One macro social force lurks behind the three causes of erotophobia: hierarchy, a power structure based on a pecking order of status divisions.
In the grip of such insecurity we are less confident and more dependent, and that makes us more open to the control of others.[i] Erotophobia engenders obedience to the authority of parents, spouses, religions, government, and the media.
The next thirteen chapters examine the main cause — and effect — of erotophobia: antisexualism.
www.pivotalpress.com /politicsoflust/introduction3.asp   (1334 words)

  
 Erotophobia - TheBestLinks.com - Erotophobic, AIDS, Bachelor, Contraception, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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The fear of sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS sometimes can lead to erotophobia.
www.thebestlinks.com /Erotophobic.html   (206 words)

  
 One Tenacious Baby Mama: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of Sexual Conservatism...
Erotophobia when situated as part of the matrix adds clarity to a lot of struggles being fought by the oppressed, the other, the colonized, adds clarity in ways that offers us a possibility to realize more of our visions for change.
An S.C. can be pretty sure that if he or she argues for the inclusion or understanding of another S.C. that he or she will not be looked upon as asking for too much or as changing the tone or mandate of the space.
Everything in society incorporates erotophobia as a control mechanism to keep the many in their proper sexual places.
darkdaughta.blogspot.com /2006/02/unpacking-invisible-knapsack-of-sexual.html   (8015 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The Politics of Lust: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
But despite the prevalence of sex in the popular culture, attorney and erotic arts activist Ince argues that "erotophobia," the powerful and irrational fear of our own sexuality, is prevalent, contagious and continuing to shape American attitudes towards human sexuality.
The bulk of the book explores the three distinct forces that fuel erotophobia: "antisexualism," the irrational negative response to harmless sexual expression; "nasty sex," which includes rape and violent pornography; and "rigidity," the inability to enjoy "playful and spontaneous" sex.
Ultimately, however, many of his arguments about the unhealthy persistence of erotophobia feel redundant; anyone interested in the causes and effects of sexual repression will already be well versed in many of them.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0969656718   (445 words)

  
 Jiskha Homework Help - Social Studies: Psychology: Erotophobia and AIDS
Although avoidance can be adaptive, erotophobia can also be maladaptive.
Although erotophobia does not reduce sexual activity, it does inhibit the use of contraceptives.
Many adolescents have developed their erotophobia from their parents.
www.jiskha.com /social_studies/psychology/erotophobia_aids.html   (717 words)

  
 Erotophobia Treatment Cause Symptom Medication Cure Help
The expert phobia team at CTRN's Phobia Clinic is board-certified to help with Erotophobia and a variety of related problems.
The success rate of our 24 hour program is close to 100%.
Erotophobia is known by a number of different names.
www.changethatsrightnow.com /shortdescriptionlist.asp?phobiaid=1541   (210 words)

  
 xtra.ca | features
How people acquire erotophobia, and why this fear is generally stronger in senior decision-makers than in average folks, is a complex story.
One of the key elements of the erotophobia system is sexual censorship.
They help fuel the erotophobia system and help spread the condition beyond their own minds.
www.theartofloving.ca /xtracanpost.htm   (634 words)

  
 erotophobia Stop Anxiety and Fear
Erotophobia - Fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Racism, sexism, and erotophobia: Attitudes of heterosexuals toward homosexuals.
She has published on erotophobia as Gothic pedagogy in early American literature and has essays forthcoming on invalidism and new configurations of kinship in Henry James and on melancholia as...
www.stop-fear.com /Erotophobia   (618 words)

  
 One Tenacious Baby Mama: Take me off...
To this day, there is insinuation that I had actually come onto him or that I'd had sex with him and that it hadn't worked out.
This is what it means to be a feminist reclaiming that name in defiance, without welcome after years of disgust with what feminism has come to stand for: leatherphobia, biphobia, transphobia, erotophobia, whorephobia.
This is what it means to be an old queer writer surrounded by newer wimmin on the scene who are actually content to just reinvent wheels rather than change the fucking flat tires, altogether.
darkdaughta.blogspot.com /2006/02/take-me-off.html   (1655 words)

  
 TC’s Blog on Comstock Films » erotophobia
Since making my last post about Psychopathia Sexualis, I have had the very good fortune of chatting with Bret Wood, the film’s director and he was kind enough to send me an advance copy on DVD-R, which Peggy and I watched last night.
I’m not sure if I should thank my friend Ell (of Wilful Damage fame) for pointing me to this inane essay from Peggy Noonan, but she did it, and the damage (wilful or otherwise) is done.
You are currently browsing the archives for the erotophobia category.
www.comstockfilms.com /blog/tony/category/erotophobia   (2691 words)

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