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gynephobia

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gynephobia /gyne·pho·bia/ (-fo´be-ah) irrational fear of or aversion to women.
gyn·e·pho·bi·a (gn-fb-, jn-)
n.
An abnormal or irrational fear of women.
gynephobia
[gī′nəfō′bē·ə, jī′-, jin′-]
Etymology: Gk, gyne + phobos, fear
an anxiety disorder characterized by a morbid fear of women or by a morbid aversion to the society of women. It is an obsessive, phobic phenomenon that occurs almost entirely in men and may usually be traced to some frightening experience involving women that occurred in childhood. Treatment consists of psychotherapy to uncover the causative emotional conflict, followed by behavior therapy, specifically systemic desensitization and flooding to reduce anxiety.
gynephobia [gi″nĕ-] , [jin″ĕ-fo´be-ah]
irrational fear of or aversion to women.
gynephobia
Psychology Fear of ♀. See Phobia. Cf Misogyny.
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He suggests that the courtiers demonstrate a sort of "gynephobia," a term that he defines as a fear which may be divided into a gynephobia of gender and a gynephobia of sex.
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