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- noun
Fear ofsex ; negative attitudes towards sex
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Examples
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It is can we as people of faith hear the voices of the women whose lives and dreams are irreparably changed and damaged by the erotophobia in our culture?
What's the Connection?: Religious Progressives and Sexual Justice Issues Debra W. Haffner 2009
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And when we look at Islamic religious mythology, we find an attenuation of Judaeo-Christian erotophobia.
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It is instructive, while examining the connection between the religious mythology of a culture and its sexual mores, to look at an offshoot of the Judaeo-Christian tradition where the erotophobia has been attenuated.
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Paul intensified Christian erotophobia even further when he stated in
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What's happened is that because of people's own fears of talking about sexuality, that erotophobia gets carried forward.
Philocrites: UU 'Da Vinci' watch: Dogma bites soundbite. 2006
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"We used a sexual opinion survey to measure erotophobia and erotophilia," said Fisher.
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It was found that one's level of erotophobia influences their likelihood of engaging in sexual health care, like breast self-exams (BSE).
rediff.com 2009
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As far as I can see, many Black wimmin, the descendants of these violated and disrespected slave wimmin are writhing in the grip of some serious erotophobia (scared of tha nasty).
1TBM 2009
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It was found that one's level of erotophobia influences their likelihood of engaging in sexual health care, like breast self-exams (BSE).
rediff.com 2009
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pangsuan Diary Entry pangsuan 2003
jmjarmstrong commented on the word erotophobia
JM doesn't wish to be rude but erotophobia is really screwed.
April 24, 2010