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erotophobia

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erotophobia /ero·to·pho·bia/ (-fo´be-ah) irrational fear of love, especially of sexual feelings and activities.
e·ro·to·pho·bi·a (-rt-fb-, -rt-)
n.
An abnormal fear of love, especially sexual feelings and their physical expression.


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But they are difficult for gay men to discuss because many of us have vestiges of an internalized homophobia, which turns into a kind of internalized erotophobia, a fear of sex and pleasure, which is a part and parcel of the puritan streak in this country, where sex is used to sell everything except sex education.
Michael Shernoff by Rice, Christopher / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Ironically, author Thomas Waugh's battles against censorship and erotophobia eerily echo those of his subjects: gay men who, in their time, had to construct their own erotica amid near-total repression.
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