What's Your Definition of Homophobism?

[§ØLÌÐ*§ÇØÛŠÊ]

Simple question.


For a totally random example - is a porn seller who only sells straight porn: Just a businessman, discriminating against homosexuals, simply homophobic?

[The Voice]

Originally Posted by §ØLÌÐ*§ÇØÛŠÊ

Simple question.


For a totally random example - is a porn seller who only sells straight porn: Just a businessman, discriminating against homosexuals, simply homophobic?

I don't think that discrimination and homophobia are the same thing necessarily. We don't call people who discriminate against blacks "Negrophobic."

To me, homophics are people who have an irrational fear of homosexuals. Sadly, this fear is often demonstrated through hateful acts.

Much the way an arachnaphobic would stomp on a spider as soon as they saw one.

[§ØLÌÐ*§ÇØÛŠÊ]

We do call people who discriminate against blacks racist though do we not? Isn't homophobia classed in the same bracket as racism?

[The Voice]

Originally Posted by §ØLÌÐ*§ÇØÛŠÊ

We do call people who discriminate against blacks racist though do we not? Isn't homophobia classed in the same bracket as racism?

Somewhat.

But a phobia is a fear of something.

I don't think racists are actually afraid of minorities.

[§ØLÌÐ*§ÇØÛŠÊ]

I'm not sure everyone who discriminates against gays are afraid of them - maybe it's the term homophobia that needs to be changed.

[The Voice]

Originally Posted by §ØLÌÐ*§ÇØÛŠÊ

I'm not sure everyone who discriminates against gays are afraid of them - maybe it's the term homophobia that needs to be changed.

To an extent I agree. The term homophobia, which used to simply refer to people who were fearful of gays, has morphed somewhat to also encompass people who just hate gays.

I think this came about because it's widely suspected that people who hate gays are doing so irrationally, and perhaps are "overcompensating" for their own latent homosexual desires.

I don't think the word needs to be changed, but an additional, more accurate term may be needed to differentiate between people who are afraid of gays, and people who aren't afraid but just hateful.

A word like ... gaycism?

[Aquilla]

Fear is mostly within yourself, some thing you recognise or have angst about.. true straight peeps dont fear gays..

Most Homophobes are in fact gay, strange as it may seem, most gay haters are gay, violent men that attack gays are most certainly gay.

A really straight man would simply have no interest in his own s.ex, and thus have no worries or fear.

The Kinsey reports 1956, have detailed human sexuality and its fragility as never before or since.

[Danse Macabre]

Originally Posted by §ØLÌÐ*§ÇØÛŠÊ

Simple question.


For a totally random example - is a porn seller who only sells straight porn: Just a businessman, discriminating against homosexuals, simply homophobic?

To be honest I really don't know if that is or isn't a "homophobic" thing; it really depends on the person. Some might be outraged by it and others may not care. I wouldn't be outraged but I don't think it's appropriate, but do we then remove that man's right to sell what he wants? Who knows

[CuteBlackBoy]

Originally Posted by §ØLÌÐ*§ÇØÛŠÊ

Simple question.


For a totally random example - is a porn seller who only sells straight porn: Just a businessman, discriminating against homosexuals, simply homophobic?

People with homosexual or bisexual orientations have long been stigmatized from what gathered. With the rise of the gay political movement in the late 1960s, however, homosexuality's condemnation as immoral, criminal, and sick came under increasing scrutiny.The question we need to ask ourselves is why some heterosexuals harbour strongly negative attitudes toward homosexuals? I would define homophobia as being an irrational fear of homosexuality because of our lifestyle, culture, behaviour or an act based on this aversion.

Homophobia implies that antigay prejudice is an individual, clinical entity rather than a social phenomenon rooted in cultural ideologies and intergroup relations. Moreover, a phobia is usually experienced as dysfunctional and unpleasant.