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A common feminist claim is that male homophobes often have repressed homosexual impulses, which seems to have been indicated by phallometry.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_homosexuality#Links_to_homophobia</ref> | A common feminist claim is that male homophobes often have repressed homosexual impulses, which seems to have been indicated by phallometry.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_homosexuality#Links_to_homophobia</ref> | ||
It is typically insinuated that such homophobic males have merely internalized anti-gay views, but in truth homophobia may rather be a rational reaction to a real threat to men's status due to a natural way men compete. | It is typically insinuated that such homophobic males have merely internalized anti-gay views, but in truth homophobia may rather be a rational reaction to a real threat to men's status due to a natural way men compete. | ||
Still, such research suggests a surprising amount of men may really do have slight or even strong androphilia. | |||
=== Gay acceptance and homosocial intimacy === | === Gay acceptance and homosocial intimacy === | ||