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:I think we've proven on this talk page several times over the meaning was corrupted from the git go; it was coined to impugn critics of the APA dropping homosexuality as a mental diagnosis, it has persisted, but the failure of legistlators to criminalize what was alleged to be a mental disturbance has led to the theraputic community dropping the term. Its ''misuse'' has persisted in popular culture, largely because common people have not got the message that both the legal and threputic professions are dropping the term. And lastly, the accepted theraputic use of the term was applied most often to homosexuals themselves. In sum, popular usage never understood what it meant, and has always been misused. It is little more than an attack term, when it originally was invented to make people think opponents of the homosexual agenda were crazy, not criminal, as it is misued today. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 12:34, 14 May 2007 (EDT)
:I think we've proven on this talk page several times over the meaning was corrupted from the git go; it was coined to impugn critics of the APA dropping homosexuality as a mental diagnosis, it has persisted, but the failure of legistlators to criminalize what was alleged to be a mental disturbance has led to the theraputic community dropping the term. Its ''misuse'' has persisted in popular culture, largely because common people have not got the message that both the legal and threputic professions are dropping the term. And lastly, the accepted theraputic use of the term was applied most often to homosexuals themselves. In sum, popular usage never understood what it meant, and has always been misused. It is little more than an attack term, when it originally was invented to make people think opponents of the homosexual agenda were crazy, not criminal, as it is misued today. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 12:34, 14 May 2007 (EDT)
::And the citable '''source''' that supports "criticism of people opposed to homosexuality" as its most common use is... what? [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 08:54, 16 May 2007 (EDT)
::And the citable '''source''' that supports "criticism of people opposed to homosexuality" as its most common use is... what? [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 08:54, 16 May 2007 (EDT)
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::::The term '''homophobia''' describes the aversion of a person to [[homosexuality]]. Unlike other pathopsychological [[phobia]]s (e.g. [[arachnaphobia]]=a fear of [[spider]]s) this phobia isn't primarily about avoiding contact, but the deliberate insulting, humiliation and symbolic annihilation of homosexuals.
::::Homophobia usually manifests itself through insults, humiliation, threats and violence directed at homosexuals and may also be directed at [[heterosexuals]] perceived to be homosexual by the perpetrator.
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=="Homophobia-phobia"==
=="Homophobia-phobia"==