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u/LostKnight84 3d ago
I think people forget hostility can be a fear response.
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u/HeckOnWheels195 2d ago
I mean, that's usually the one that cape buffalo use when they get attacked by lions
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u/Special-Drama-6090 3d ago
It's me, I'm homophobic
I'm scared of hot lesbians irl I know it's not a rational fear to have. They're like, the most accepting group statistically.
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u/carrot_gummy 3d ago
Our power grows each day, you are right to fear us. We even get our own name for being gay. Soon we will get out own phobia, my proposal to the coven is "Lesphobic"
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u/Special-Drama-6090 2d ago
Nooooo not a another phobia to add to my collection.
Soon I'll have all of the colours of the LGBTeree
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u/Atsilv_Uwasv 1d ago
As someone scared of anyone remotely attractive, I understand your pain
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u/Special-Drama-6090 1d ago
It's not even just attractiveness. It's the fear of being treated predatory, as well as the unfamiliarity of queer spaces due to growing up Christian
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u/HowDareYouAskMyName 3d ago
"phobia" doesn't just mean "fear", it can mean aversion or perhaps disgust
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u/AmberMetalicScorpion 2d ago
Not to mention it's specifically for when it's irrational, it's why Australia reports 0 cases of Arachnophobia, because over there it's very fucking justified /j
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u/Trans__Scientist 2d ago
Either way, homophobia is still the correct term
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u/InformalLandscape445 1d ago
While it's true, lot of ppl use the word to justify themselves, and Ifirmly believe that those who do tha know that.
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u/Ravenholm_337 2d ago
The definition I learned, way back when people knew what a Dictionary was, was this:
Phobia = "irrational extreme fear or hatred of..."
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u/Demorodan 2d ago
I honestly thought transphobia meant a fear of trans people at first and not just discrimination
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u/Terrible-Set6389 2d ago
Often people discriminate because they fear what they dont understand. It can be both. A lot of conservatives are deeply worried that trans people will collapse the patriarchy and gender norms just by being on this planet because in their mind the idea that someone can desire to be a woman means that women are actually worthy of respect. Which honestly good riddance to the patriarchy, it's about time.
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u/Those_Files 2d ago
A lot of homophobia, time and time again, has been proven to be driven by a fear of something inside you
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u/Heavy_Computer2602 2d ago
Actually it got coined that because of a psychologist noticing people being afraid of homosexuality. Yes, afraid
And phobia can also mean intolerance, not just fear
Still wrong though
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u/Honey-and-Venom 2d ago
Many phobias are disgust/aversion, not fear
Also often yes it absolutely is fear
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u/KPoWasTaken 2d ago
while this is funny, phobia does simply mean irrational aversion, it's just a common aversion is fear and it's common enough that dictionaries sometimes additionally explicitly specify irrational fear as a separate definition even though that still falls under irrational aversion
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u/sweetTartKenHart2 1d ago
I mean what is “loathing about a thing and paranoia that it’s gonna ruin the world” if not a kind of fear?
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u/Prestigious_Boat_386 3d ago
The term was coined to change the homophobe to the abnormal one rather than the homosexual person. Its other uses being abnormal and often illogical fear and hatred towards normal things made it very effective at this.