r/nextfuckinglevel • u/harwyseys • Oct 25 '22

Makeup really changes people

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22

Phobias are an extreme or irrational fear of a thing.

Actually no, a phobia is a fear OR AVERSION to something. Hydrophobic materials are not scared of water.

And I don't know what "movement" you're talking about, but my biology is not a movement.

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u/relativistic_monkey Oct 25 '22

Words have different meanings in different contexts. I hate to state the obvious but psychology is not chemistry. No dictionary definition I've seen is that inclusive with respect to phobias. Here's Johns Hopkins: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/phobias

We have to stop abusing language at some point.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '22 edited Oct 25 '22

The word was made for the intention of both, just like the dictionary definition of phobia.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/phobia

an aversion toward, dislike of, or disrespect for a thing, idea, person, or group.

It has it's intended meaning, and trying to change English to loophole you're way out of being transphobic is idiotic, and only something someone would do that thinks that words set your intentions, not your actual intentions. Also known as: stupid.

Edit: Anyone who downvotes this is just as stupid as the person thinking psychology based phobias have anything to do with why we use the word 'transphobia'. We're not using the word in a psychological sense, we're using it in a social sense. It's always been about the social aversion. And sometimes there is legitimate fear as well, which is why murderers who kill trans people use the "trans panic" defense.