Homophobes Might Be Hidden Homosexuals

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(10-03-2017, 06:28 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: The guy who coined the term gave it a pretty broad definition that included the fear of gay people and their impact on family and religion, the fear of being labeled gay, avoidance of gay people, and also prejudice towards gay people. 

"When a phobia incapacitates a person from engaging in activities considered decent by society, the person himself is the sufferer….But here the phobia appears as antagonism directly toward a particular group of people. Inevitably, it leads to disdain toward the people themselves, and to mistreatment of them. The phobia in operation is a prejudice, and this means we can widen our understanding by considering the phobia from the point of view of its being a prejudice and then uncovering its motives (Weinberg, 1971; see also Weinberg, 1972, p. 8). "

The name itself implies fear and that is how Weinberg originally explained it. What this fear can lead folks to do is another matter.