Word: phobias
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...Today, we know that “homophobia” is not a phobia at all, in the sense that it is not a pathological fear. As Bunmi Olatunji, the author of a 2002 University of Arkansas study, summarized, homophobia is “not a conceptually accurate [term].” That is because homophobia implies a pathological disgust tantamount to anxiety or fear of homosexuality. In reality, participants in the Arkansas study reacted with “moral contempt” to homosexuality...
Pappin was voted extended floor time to respond to critics. “Homophobia is not something that even counts as a phobia,” the Crimson quoted him. “Homophobia is not based on anxiety or fear. It’s based on disgust for homosexual sexual actions...
...imagery throughout is so dreamlike and beautiful, if creepy (those with a phobia of overly-realistic dolls and circus performers are hereby warned), and the structure loops back on itself so many times, that it is impossible to tell what is a dream and what, if anything, is real. All the characters are impassive until they are physically attacked, making them impossible to read, which heightens the sense of uncertainty. There are no jump-in-your-seat moments, but the overall effect is profoundly unsettling...
Fear itself will not hold you back from success—just look at celebrities who have made it far in the midst of their phobias: Tennis player Andre Agassi reportedly has a phobia of spiders, actress Kim Basinger of open spaces, film director Alfred Hitchcock of eggs, and country star Lyle Lovett of cows...
...Riehl argues that if the College deflates grades, “there will be less pressure for perfection across the board.” If we weren’t so obsessed with preserving our 3.5 GPAs, then students would be more willing to take a risk with a phobia-inducing professor such as Harvey C-minus Mansfield...