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To: Rambi who wrote (10443)	4/24/2002 1:58:36 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

Right, phobia means aversion or strong dislike, but what does homo mean? One definition is a member of the genus Homo, a human being. In this sense a homophobe would be a hater of human beings. This doesn't seem to fit. Another definition is same. In this sense a homophobe would have a fear of sameness. That seems rather nonsensical. Another definition is a disparaging term used to describe gays and lesbians. I guess this is the definition we are using here. Why do people who use the word 'homophobe' wish to disparage gays and lesbians?

To: Rambi who wrote (10443)	4/24/2002 7:04:59 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 21057

Think of all the x-phobia words you can think of besides homophobia. ( lifefirst.com will help if you want to see a lot of them) Would you say someone has acrophobia if he just has a dislike of or a mild aversion to heights? Or that someone has claustrophobia if they just don't like closed in spaces? Would an inexperienced young person, who is a little nervous about sex be a genophobe? Does Yasser Arafat suffer from Judeophobia? (Actually maybe he does, I understand he is a bit paranoid, ok change that to Bashar Assad) Does someone who thinks stealing is immoral have Kleptophobia? m-w.com Defines phobia as "an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation" Tim