found: Work cat.: Black, K.J. The effect of a "safe sex" film as mediated by erotophobia and gender on attitudes toward condoms and willingness to use them, 1989:abstr. (erotophobia was not related to contraceptive attitudes or behavior) p. 12 (negative sex-related emotions; sex-related emotions along a continuum labeled erotophilia (positive)-erotophobia (negative); those who are erotophobic are extremely uncomfortable with sex-related issues and behaviors)
found: Gorrell, P. Erotic conversion : coming out of Christian erotophobia, 2004:p. 1 (the fear of sexuality and erotic pleasure, called erotophobia)
found: Pietras, K.R. The influence of repression and erotophobia on self-reported sexual arousal and affect to erotica, 1991:p. 12 (researchers have begun to explore the concept of "erotophobia-erotophilia" which is proposed to measure the general way in which a person affectively and evaluatively responds to sexual stimuli on a negative-positive dimension. Fisher & Gray (1988) describe an "erotophobic" as a person whose "negative feelings about sex appear to mediate avoidance of diverse sexual behaviors, while erotophilic persons' positive feelings about sex seem to mediate approach responses to sex"; erotophobic adults report growing up in households that are usually rather negative regarding sexuality)
found: Merriam-Webster online, Nov. 13, 2016(erotophobia: a morbid aversion to sexual love or desire)
found: Dictionary.com, Nov. 13, 2016(erotophobia: a fear of sexual intercourse, physical love)
found: Fritscher, L. What is erotophobia?, via verywell.com, Nov. 13, 2016(Erotophobia is a generalized term that encompasses a wide range of specific fears. It's generally understood to include any phobia that is related to sex. Erotophobia is often complex, and many sufferers have more than one specific fear. Untreated erotophobia can be devastating and may lead sufferers to avoid not only romantic relationships but also other forms of intimate contact. Specific phobias: Genophobia: Also known as coitophobia, this is the fear of sexual intercourse; Fear of intimacy; Paraphobia: The fear of sexual perversion; Haphephobia: Also known as chiraptophobia, the fear of being touched; Gymnophobia: The fear of nudity; Fear of vulnerability; Philemaphobia: Also known as philematophobia, the fear of kissing)
notfound: APA dictionary of psychology, ©2007
