(02-02-2011, 04:41 AM)hollowleviathan Wrote: (02-01-2011, 12:30 AM)NGW Wrote: ^homophobia is also generally used to describe someone that's made uncomfortable by phallic imagery as it may cause the questioning (be it by themselves or others) of their sexuality.
Anyone comfortable enough with their own sexuality shouldn't really have any qualms being exposed to such things to be honest.
That's completely wrong from beginning to end. Someone can have a neurosis about a sexual organ and still be completely safe in their own sexuality, and homophobia has been extended in meaning, but not to being uncomfortable about penis imagery, but to acts or speech of hate against homosexuals.
i think i general it has been extended that far... esspesially when you compare the uncomfortableness to a phobia, homophobia has been attributed i general to anything that involves a man and a fear of penises, sooooo, you know, if you generalize (which most people do) then a phobia of penises becomes homophobia, even if you aren't afraid of catching the gay.