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Heterophobia Section Inaccuracy
editThe section regarding heterophobia is largely sourced from an unreliable and non-neutral source [1] (source 127 from reference list). Quotes referencing this source are out of date and not verifiable in any way. [2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaise299 (talk • contribs) 23:31, December 16, 2017 (UTC)
References
- ^ http://home.bway.net/rjnoonan/Conf1999.html.
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(help) - ^ Noonan, Raymond J. "Heterophobia: The Evolution of an Idea".
The word was not coined in 1969, there are records of its use in 1901
editBy at least 1901 the word was used to mean a fear of men or a fear of males. Oxford English Dictionary documents this, as do other sources on the internet. Therefore, the word was not coined in 1969 by George Weinberg as this article asserts. It is suggested the word was used in the Des Moines (Iowa) Daily News in 1901 with the sense of fear of men or fear of males.
Here are a few examples from print of that meaning:
‘Young women of America have homophobia, you know, just as children have measles.’ the Des Moines Daily News in Iowa (1901)
‘Her salient characteristic was a contempt for the male sex as represented in the human biped […] The seeds of homophobia had been sown early.’ Chambers’s Journal of Popular Literature (1920)
'[H]e imported a whole boxcar of broncos from the West, homophobic mustangs, as it turned out, that nobody but a rodeo hand could have ridden.' F. Reid Buckley, Life Magazine, (1970)
In conclusion, this article is incorrect on the etymology of the word "homophobia". It was coined far earlier than 1969, with records of its use as early as 1901.
Some sources for the above:
https://interestingliterature.com/2023/09/homophobia-word-meaning-origin/ https://www.oed.com/dictionary/homophobia_n1?tab=etymology https://www.etymonline.com/word/homophobic
Semi-protected edit request on 9 November 2023
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Add wiki hyperlink to Boswell citation 2607:FB60:1011:2006:28C8:67C3:EFC8:1F77 (talk) 04:58, 9 November 2023 (UTC)