Homoerotophobia

Homoerotophobia:

Distinctly different from the more familiar and abused term, "homophobia." The American Heritage Dictionary defines "erotophobia" as, "an abnormal fear of love, especially sexual feelings and their physical expression." Therefore, homoerotophobia would be defined as that same type of abnormal fear, between persons of the same gender.

This abnormal, and sometimes irrational, fear of being labeled, "gay," especially among the males in American society, has robbed the men in our culture of the basic human need to express and receive godly, physical affection among one another. In other words, the fear that any form of physical affection between men may run the risk, today, of being labeled as homosexual or homoerotic in some way, has resulted in a reluctance among men to express any physical affection at all toward one another. And so, in turn, many men have grown up in our society craving it. But this certainly doesn't mean that any of these men are "gay."

The stigma of the label is there, nonetheless. Open homosexuality in our society has created an environment wherein some men may think that they are homosexual, when all they are is starved for normal, male affection. And there is evidence that some of them then turned to sexual means, in order to find that affection or get it back. This trend is seen as a contributing factor to the rise of homosexual behavior that is becoming more prevalent in American society today. And since the addition of this self-proclaimed identity among those who practice the behavior within our society, being "straight" has subsequently also become an identity which is often mentioned in self-defense. In other words, saying, "I'm straight," especially among men, is often a defensive response back toward homosexuality that is not intended to say, "I'm heterosexual," in so much as it is really intended to say, "I'm not gay!"

South Korea is one example of a very, male-dominant society. But in contradiction to American society, there are two extremely noteworthy things to mention about the men of South Korea: One is that the percentage of homosexuals in that society is much lower; and second is the fact that the men there openly express physical affection for one another, throughout their society! It is not at all abnormal there, to observe two, heterosexual men, walking along a public street, holding hands, or to see one with his arm around the other's neck and shoulders. Young and old alike, their men grow up knowing open affection among one another. And arguably, this is one of the things that has, in turn, contributed to a much lower occurrence of homosexual behavior in the male population of South Korea. In fact, most of the homosexuals in South Korea are foreigners to that society, who grew up some place else!

The photographic evidence is also quite clear, as it is chronicled in several books, such as, "Affectionate Men: A Photographic History of a Century of Male Couples, 1850-1950", by Russell Bush; "Picturing Men: A Century of Male Relationships in Everyday American Photography", by John Ibson; and also in, "Men of WW II: Fighting Men at Ease", and, "At Ease: Navy Men of World War II", both by Evan Bachner.

It is quite clear from the evidence of the photographs themselves, that heterosexual men in America use to interact quite differently with one another, displaying an innocent and often physical affection for each other that is practically unthinkable today. But then this innocent behavior suddenly begins to disappear from the photographic record, around the late 1950's. This was, of course, the period just prior to the "sexual revolution" of the 1960's, and the beginnings of the radical, homosexual movement in America that came along with it. So it is no coincidence that the photographs show us that heterosexual men began to fear being affectionate with each other, right around the same time that homosexuality began to be an issue in America. And this is but one example of how any campaign to legalize and normalize what many consider to be a perversion, will only serve to damage us all.

Homosexual activists will try to use older photos, such as the ones in these books, to contend that homosexuality has been "prevalent" in America for a long time. But there is zero evidence to suggest that any of the men in these photos were homosexual, since the overwhelming percentage of older photos all seem to show American men being more affectionate in front of the camera, prior to the 1960's. This assertion, like so many of the assertions used to try to support homosexual activism, are borderline to ridiculous.