femmephobia
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3VERB + FEMMEPHOBIA
benefit, comes
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noun
Dislike of, or hostility towards, women and/or individuals who present as feminine (femmes).
Femmephobia is perhaps a more fitting description of Adolph's anxieties — he has a fear rather than a hatred of Frenchwomen.
It's no secret that transgender women absorb the brunt of hate that comes from femmephobia.
Dislike of, or hostility towards, stereotypically effeminate gay men, especially within the gay community.
Indeed, the existence of what has been labelled homophobia, I argue, may be more correctly analysed as a kind of "femmephobia", where same-sex relationships, particularly those between two men, are viewed as having the power to feminize men.
Probably the most visible and overt site of global(izing) patterns of femmephobia are male-male dating and sexual networking websites, ranging from Grindr, an Iphone application for sexual networking used primarily in the U.S., and Planetromeo, a dating site with a large following in India. […] A range of sample user profiles documented on the site include injunctions like the following: "Only into 101% masculine: Fems dnt fkin mssg me [sic]. College athlete (not some pansy sport"; "Looking for studs: no fats, fems [sic] or anyone above 30"; "If your only personality is gay, move on"; "Be masculine please! I'm gay don't want a girl!"; […]
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3Femmephobia is perhaps a more fitting description of Adolph's anxieties — he has a fear rather than a hatred of Frenchwomen.
WiktionaryIt's no secret that transgender women absorb the brunt of hate that comes from femmephobia.
WiktionaryMasculine women, butches, and masc who aren't men do not benefit from femmephobia.
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