Erotophobia
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Name (Hebrew)
ארוטופוביה
Name (Latin)
Erotophobia
Name (Arabic)
رهاب الشبق
Other forms of name
Fear of sex
See Also From tracing topical name
Phobias
Sex (Psychology)
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Q2602871
Library of congress:
sh2016002584
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Black, K.J. The effect of a "safe sex" film as mediated by erotophobia and gender on attitudes toward condoms and willingness to use them, 1989:abstr. (erotophobia was not related to contraceptive attitudes or behavior) p. 12 (negative sex-related emotions; sex-related emotions along a continuum labeled erotophilia (positive)-erotophobia (negative); those who are erotophobic are extremely uncomfortable with sex-related issues and behaviors)
- Gorrell, P. Erotic conversion : coming out of Christian erotophobia, 2004:p. 1 (the fear of sexuality and erotic pleasure, called erotophobia)
- Pietras, K.R. The influence of repression and erotophobia on self-reported sexual arousal and affect to erotica, 1991:p. 12 (researchers have begun to explore the concept of "erotophobia-erotophilia" which is proposed to measure the general way in which a person affectively and evaluatively responds to sexual stimuli on a negative-positive dimension. Fisher & Gray (1988) describe an "erotophobic" as a person whose "negative feelings about sex appear to mediate avoidance of diverse sexual behaviors, while erotophilic persons' positive feelings about sex seem to mediate approach responses to sex"; erotophobic adults report growing up in households that are usually rather negative regarding sexuality)
- Merriam-Webster online, Nov. 13, 2016(erotophobia: a morbid aversion to sexual love or desire)
- Dictionary.com, Nov. 13, 2016(erotophobia: a fear of sexual intercourse, physical love)
- Fritscher, L. What is erotophobia?, via verywell.com, Nov. 13, 2016(Erotophobia is a generalized term that encompasses a wide range of specific fears. It's generally understood to include any phobia that is related to sex. Erotophobia is often complex, and many sufferers have more than one specific fear. Untreated erotophobia can be devastating and may lead sufferers to avoid not only romantic relationships but also other forms of intimate contact. Specific phobias: Genophobia: Also known as coitophobia, this is the fear of sexual intercourse; Fear of intimacy; Paraphobia: The fear of sexual perversion; Haphephobia: Also known as chiraptophobia, the fear of being touched; Gymnophobia: The fear of nudity; Fear of vulnerability; Philemaphobia: Also known as philematophobia, the fear of kissing)
Wikipedia description:
Erotophobia is a term to describe a fear or aversion to sex or related matters. It was coined by a number of researchers in the late 1970s and early 1980s to describe one pole on a continuum of attitudes and beliefs about sexuality. The word is derived from the name of Eros, the Greek god of erotic love, and Phobos (φόβος), the god of fear. The model of the continuum is a basic polarized line, with erotophobia (fear of sex or negative attitudes about sex) at one end and erotophilia (positive feelings or attitudes about sex) at the other end.
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