Meaning of femmephobia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Dislike of, or hostility towards, women and/or individuals who present as feminine (femmes).
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2. Dislike of, or hostility towards, stereotypically effeminate gay men, especially within the gay community.
   uncountable

Examples

“Femmephobia is perhaps a more fitting description of Adolph's anxieties — he has a fear rather than a hatred of Frenchwomen.”

“It's no secret that transgender women absorb the brunt of hate⟳ that comes from femmephobia.”

“Masculine women, butches, and masc who aren't men do not benefit from femmephobia.”

“Indeed, the existence of what has been labelled homophobia, I argue⟳, may be more correctly analysed as a kind of "femmephobia", where same-sex relationships, particularly those between two men, are viewed as having the power to feminize men.”

“Probably the most visible and overt site of global(izing) patterns of femmephobia are male-male dating and sexual networking websites, ranging from Grindr, an Iphone application for sexual networking used primarily in the U.S., and Planetromeo, a dating site with a large following in India. […] A range of sample user profiles documented on the site include⟳ injunctions like⟳ the following: "Only into 101% masculine: Fems dnt fkin mssg me [sic]. College athlete (not some pansy sport"; "Looking for studs: no fats, fems [sic] or anyone above 30"; "If your only personality is gay, move⟳ on"; "Be masculine please⟳! I'm gay don't want⟳ a girl!"; […]”

“In the sexual minority men's community femmephobia typically appears as an abhorrence to stereotypical "gay" things such as liking musicals, lim wrists, sounding effeminate (i.e. a higher pitched voice or a feminine cadence), dressing in clothing considered to be for women and much more.”

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