aphobia
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]a- + (from asexual or aromantic) + -phobia
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -əʊbiə
Noun
[edit]aphobia (uncountable)
- (neologism) Fear, dislike, or hatred of asexual and/or aromantic people.
- 2017, Ariel Scott, “Stop Saying It's Asexual Because That's Not What It Means”, in ShOUT Zine[1], page 12:
- Where aphobia goes wrong is that it assumes that some ace people 'pass' as straight, and therefore experience no discrimination.
- 2017, Eléa, "Anything but lacking: How asexuality can disrupt sex-normativity", The McGill Daily (McGill University), 20 November 2017, page 14:
- Pathologizing non-conformity to sexual norms and medicalizing the distress caused by aphobia are harmful and oppressive practices.
- 2019, Morgan Lev Edward Holleb, The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze, page 30:
- Amatonormativity—or the assumption and expectation that everyone seeks romantic love (which is generally, incorrectly, assumed to involve sexual desire by default) and prioritizes romance over other forms of intimacy—fuels aphobia.
